expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to be blurred (due to motion; of a photo, video, etc.); to be shaken (of a camera); to waver (in one's beliefs, policy, etc.); to shift (position); to be slightly off
no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
one more time; once more; once again
address (of a home, business, etc.); residence; domicile
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
rather; sooner; preferably; on the contrary; if anything
refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
turning someone away (at the front door); refusing a visitor; rejecting without consideration; denying without substantial investigation; being chased away from a magistrate's office's gate (lightest punishment during the Edo period)
to stick out too much; to protrude too far; to be too strong (e.g. of tea); to be too forward; to be too assertive; to be pushy
quite capable of ...; not unlikely to ...; may well ...; might ...; could ...; would not hesitate to ...
to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
that's the way it is; such is life
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
fast (walking); quick; brisk; quick (passing of time); rapid; swift
(even) if only a little; to some extent; in the slightest way
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely
idling away time; unproductively; slowly (moving); heavily; ponderously
to contract (to do); to undertake; to take on (work); (arch.) to take responsibility for; (arch.) to be liable for
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
convenient; handy; useful
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs