incomplete combustion; imperfect combustion; being off one's game; not doing one's best; being unable to use all of one's strength
caller; visitor; company; guest
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
business; errand; nature of one's business
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
what do you want?; can I help you?
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
chair; seat; stool; post; position; seat
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
licking; dead drunk; blind drunk
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
not in one's recollection; having no recollection (of); having no memory (of)
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
memory; sense; experience
foul-smelling; stinking; intolerable (behaviour, attitude, etc.); unbearable; disgusting
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
to get involved or entangled in; to get mixed up in; to have something to do with; to have dealings with
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
kindergarten (in Japan, non-compulsory education from age 3 until primary school); preschool
to pass (of time); to elapse
time; season; period; phase; stage
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
to hide; to conceal oneself; to disappear (behind); to be hidden (by); to live in seclusion; to retire (from the world)
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
to jump at; to leap at; to fly at; to spring at; to pounce on
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)
second (unit of time); arc second
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
to push (something) out; to jut out (can have a negative nuance); to protrude; to rise out the trap door (on stage)
cover; mantle; shroud; hood; casing
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
with a start; with a jump