to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
office job; clerical work
lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child
to be silent; to say nothing
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
to get lost; to become lost; to go astray
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
no!; no no!; no, not at all
preeminence; excellence; superiority; transcendence
gift; boon; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
after all; in the end; when all's said and done; for the time being; at present
The Art of War (military text by Sun Tzu, 512 BCE)
a little bit; a little while
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
halo; hello; hallo; harrow
diss; dissing; disrespect
to get distracted; to jump off the track
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
in deep black; in jet black
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
the whole area; all areas
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
telephone bill; telephone rate
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
guard; security (officer); guardsman
vocation; lifework; sacred task (esp. the emperor's rule over the nation); prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)
no, not like that (but like this)
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
omission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
stormy weather (at sea); poor catch of fish (due to stormy seas); poor turn-out; recession
entry into port; arriving in harbor
still; as yet; as it has been