slim; slender; slight; delicate
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
woman; female; feminine gender
light blue; pale blue; aqua
living thing; organism; creature; biology
thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
clerk; office worker; office staff
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
favorite; favourite; habitually used
shrine; palace; imperial residence; Imperial prince; Imperial princess; headboard with built-in shelves, drawers, etc.
teacher; instructor; professor
absence; disregard; indifference
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
police; police officer; police station
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
government service; the bureaucracy
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
to obligate; to make compulsory; to require; to mandate