to keep (a person) waiting
rest period; intermission; break time; recess
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
first snow (of the season); first snowfall
fruition; fructification; bearing fruit; bearing fruit (of efforts, plans, etc.); coming to fruition; yielding success
series (of something); range (e.g. of mountains)
self-satisfied look; triumphant expression
to treat shabbily; to be careless about; to handle roughly; to waste; to use wastefully; to spend recklessly
as usual; as always; as ever; as before; still
beyond this point; ahead; from now on; after this; in the future
home area; home town; local
to look old-fashioned; to be antique-looking
to press a question; to cross-examine
legal; lawful; legitimate; law-abiding; in order
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly
going through; going via; going by way of
to go through formalities
shady; underhanded; questionable
grandfather; male senior-citizen
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
proposition; thesis; task; problem; giving a title; naming
on countless occasions; many a time
to die; to draw one's last breath; to breathe one's last
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
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)
(a person's) appearance; looks
at any rate; in any event; either way; anyway
forced march; (fig.) doing something on a very strict schedule
a few minutes later; after a few minutes
writing side by side; writing (down) together; writing (down) both
outline; summary; overview; synopsis; abstract; abridgment
whole; total; gross; entire; overall; general (election, manager, etc.)
underpopulation; low population density; depopulation
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much