autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
to jar; to creak; to grate
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
kitchen; financial situation
shoe rack (in an entrance); cupboard (for shoes and clogs)
person living with a family; lodger; housemate; flatmate; roommate
lightly; gaping wide; suddenly; unexpectedly
living room (Japanese-style)
zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
regular; well-regulated; systematic; orderly
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
panting; gasping; heavy breathing
solitude; loneliness; isolation
lonely; lonesome; dreary; (arch.) loneliness; (arch.) desolation
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
how many years; how long; what year
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution
to make a great fuss; to raise a hue and cry; to make an uproar; to clamour
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
not yet known; unknown; strange
convening; calling together (e.g. parliament); call-up (for military service)
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
notice; notification; report; posting
tap; faucet; tapping (on a touchscreen); tap dance; tap (electrical)
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence
out of the blue; all of a sudden; without warning; unexpectedly
reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay
response; less; -less; loess; wrestling; sexless