superior airs; air of importance; overemphasis
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
to recover; to rally; to improve; to pick up
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
to shake one's head (in denial)
appearance (in the eyes of society); decency
wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
reproachful; hateful; bitter
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
I don't know about ... but; it may be possible for ... but
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
heel (of a shoe); heel (in pro wrestling); bad guy; player of villain roles
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
cheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
cheap restaurant; eating place (house)
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku, etc. stewed in soy-flavored dashi
exactly!; surely!; that's it!; ding dong (sound of door bell, chime, etc.)
light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
winning over; placation; gentle persuasion
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
sour look; surly face; pout
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
toilet; restroom; bathroom; lavatory
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
to push aside; to push one's way through
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
enumeration; citation; listing