guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
anxiously; impatiently; worriedly; fretting; getting worked up
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
to lower one's voice; to speak more softly
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
it seems so; that's what it looks like
pile; pool; gathering spot; waiting place for a wrestler beside the ring; liquid runoff from miso preparation; tamari
absolutely essential; indispensable; vital; critical
as a matter of fact; actually; effectively; in reality; in effect
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
to jerk; to wiggle; to twitch
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
to run out of breath; to get breathless; to get puffed (out)
tone (of voice); manner of talking
condition; state (of health); appearance
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation
to spread; to be propagated
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); because ...; for good reason; there is a (good) reason that ...
fast; quick; easy; simple; as soon as ...; the moment ...
to lose sight of; to miss
overhasty; rash; premature
either way; in any case; one way or another
the point just before ...; the point of (doing); the verge (of); (just before the) edge
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
specific medicine; wonder drug; silver bullet
meticulous; careful; discreet; scrupulous; prudent
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands