thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
I appreciate your efforts
shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!
to be heard; to be audible; to sound (like); to come across (as); to be well known; to be famous
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
(a) Buddha; deceased person
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
(truck) load-carrying tray; (bicycle) luggage carrier; roof rack
to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down
may I ask (for); might I ask (that)
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
(doing) together; one lump; one mixture; the same; identical; (at) the same time
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
patina; antique look; elegant simplicity; well-trained voice
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
oh; right; I see; OK; gotcha
keystroke; typing; execution of test cases
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.); to take kindly to; to do with pleasure
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to shake; to sway; to rock; to become unstable; to become unsettled; to be shaken
God; god; deity; ace; king; superior person
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
this world; this life; world of the living
in turns; in series; in order; by rotation
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
going to the source; tracing to the origin
tens of thousands of years
light; bright; bright (colour); cheerful; bright; bright (future, prospects, etc.); rosy
healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
to grow up; to become an adult
grandfather; male senior-citizen; old man
then; and (then); in that case; if so