voluntary activity; voluntary service; labor of love
being on duty; person on duty
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
had better ...; had better not ...
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
immediately; right away; on the spot
alone; by oneself; on one's own
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
woman; female; feminine gender
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
unthinkable; unexpected; outrageous; offensive
White Day (March 14); day for giving white chocolate and other presents to female coworkers and friends in return for gifts received on Valentine's day
present; gift; to give a present or gift
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
tradition; legend; folklore
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
to breathe out; to exhale
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)