control; management (e.g. of a business)
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
no!; no no!; no, not at all
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
to grumble; to gripe; to complain
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
adds force or indicates command
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
I agree with you; it is as (someone) says
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
difficult to ...; hard to ...
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
number two; mistress; concubine
party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
useless; worthless; absurd; baloney
to have a talk; to tell a story
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
one's company; company one works for; in-house; belonging to the company
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
as always; as ever; though it's always the case
frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere
tone (of voice); manner of talking
host (of a party, summit, etc.); host (of male host club)
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)