senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
landline telephone; fixed-line telephone
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
age; years; longevity; long life; congratulation; celebration
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
casual; doing something without taking it too seriously
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
man; male; masculine gender
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
ume orchard; plum orchard; plum garden
something like ...; something called ...
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
don't you think?; indicates question
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
to shake one's head (in denial)
to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
to cringe with fear; to cower with fright; to be terribly afraid
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do