serious; not joking; straight
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
horseplay; fooling around
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
direct sunlight; direct rays of the sun
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
harmful effect; harmful influence; evil practice; abuse; malady
loungewear; comfortable clothing worn at home
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
to strip and leave clothes lying around
to live; to reside; to inhabit
to look around; to survey
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to be in disorder; to lie scattered around
one room apartment; studio apartment
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
low dining table; tea table
one thin flat object; one sheet
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
methodical; precise; meticulous; wooden post that has been carved to have a rounded corner with grooves running along either side of it
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
note (letter) left behind; will
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to care for someone; to look after someone
for work; in a manner related to work
personal use; private use; private business; personal business
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
difficult to ...; hard to ...