cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
soon; shortly; nearly; almost
(present) head of a family
study; library; den; home office; reading room
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
stairs; stairway; staircase
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
corridor; hallway; passageway
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; intentional negligence; tenuki; taking the initiative by ignoring the opponent's last move and playing somewhere else (in go)
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
to cut corners; to be shoddy
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
outsider's perspective; as seen by an observer
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
knowing how to swim with the tide; being good at dealing with things
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
retort; back talk; backchat
point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
most of all; extremely; supremely
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
verbal gaffe; verbal slip; slip of the tongue; using improper words
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants
to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
banquet or reception hall
to order; to command; to appoint