someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
wish; desire; ambition; choice
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor); research assistant
feeling; sense; impression
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
business world; business circles; (the) industry
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
another helping; second helping; seconds; other paw!
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
sugariness; saccharinity; carbohydrate; schizophrenia
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to do thoroughly; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
shock (emotional); shock (physical); impact; crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; (circulatory) shock
you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
alone; by oneself; on one's own
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryō system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
(way of) life; lifestyle; living; life circumstances; livelihood; day-to-day life
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)