unpacking (esp. after moving house)
safety boots; safety shoes; steel-toe boots
servile; subservient; obsequious; slavish; self-abasing; grovelling
endlessly; continuously; (going) on and on; meandering; winding; sinuous
detergent; cleanser; cleaning agent; washing material
if you are so inclined; if it suits you; if you like
business office; place of business
contract; compact; agreement
to pay for someone else (with the expectation of being reimbursed later); to lend someone the money to pay for (e.g. rent); to make a temporary payment on someone's behalf
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
results; record; grades; marks
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
to provide; to furnish; to equip; to install
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
canvasser; traveling salesman; travelling salesman; door-to-door solicitor
forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)
to build a market for; to promote (a product); to promote oneself; to sell oneself; to sell heavily
virtue; charm; merit; good point
minimum; at the very least
basics; fundamentals; basis; basically; fundamentally
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
wonderful; splendid; magnificent; exceeding; incredible; remarkable
to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit
to not take seriously; to take lightly
to threaten; to intimidate; to be threatening
intellectual; educated person; intelligentsia
(young) hoodlum; delinquent boy; small-time yakuza; brat; little shit
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
for today; for the time being
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
to take out; to take a handful of; to grab and throw; to turn someone out (of house, room, etc.)
neighborhood; neighbourhood; street; block; town
writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition; formal writing with little real meaning
reading in a monotone; stiff delivery; wooden delivery; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit