please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
fast (talking); rapid; quick-tongued
job transfer; job relocation; intra-company transfer
to gesture to come closer; to beckon; to call; to summon
to behave; to conduct oneself; to act; to treat (someone) to (food or drink); to entertain (e.g. to lunch)
counting one's chickens before they're hatched; (lit.) counting raccoon dog skins before they have been caught
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
mental fatigue; worry; boredom
to build; to construct; to erect; to build up (a reputation, position, fortune, etc.); to establish (a relationship, household, tradition, etc.); to lay (a foundation)
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
that's a different matter; that's a different story
happiness; blessedness; proving fortunate; yielding positive outcome; luckily; fortunately
filial piety; being kind to one's parents; taking care of one's parents
used; second-hand; old; Middle Ages (in Japan esp. Heian period)
telephone number; phone number
antecedents; ancestor; previous position; previous existence; predecessor organization; predecessor organisation
as a matter of fact; actually; effectively; in reality; in effect
landlord; landlady; house owner; home owner; head of the household
a few years ago; some years back
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)
pliantly; pliably; subserviently; ingratiatingly; servilely
to offer for sale; to put on the market
area; zone; district; quarter; section; limits
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
leasing (out); renting out; hiring out; letting
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
warning; caution; admonition; keikoku (penalty in judo)
using all one's strength; using all one's might
with a bang bang (e.g. repeated sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace; with great vigor
expulsion; dismissal; ejection; drum beat at the end of a day's performance (in the theatre, sumo, etc.)
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
duplicate key; master key; passkey; skeleton key
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
discovery; detection; finding
exactly the opposite (of); completely opposite; quite contrary