to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
OK; okay; fine (without); not needed; unnecessary
superb piece of work; masterpiece; exquisite item; perfection; unique article
kitchen; financial situation; finances
occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor); research assistant
senior high school student
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
research institute; (research) laboratory
one's post; place of work; workplace
close; intimate; on good terms
conjugal relations; conjugal affection
part; part-timer; part-time (work)
to stay overnight; to stop (e.g. at a hotel)
close; intimate; on good terms
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; whether or not
dash at the beginning of a short-distance race; charging ahead at full strength from the beginning
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
to appear; to start to appear; to show signs of appearing
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)
high praise; great admiration; with critical acclaim; to rave reviews; currently; presently
to joke around; to do and say ridiculous things
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
field; plain; prairie; moor
to run around (wildly); to rush about all over the place; to make every effort (to do); to do everything one can
face; looks; countenance; vestige; trace; reminder
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
hundred million; 100,000,000; 10^8
shortage; amount outstanding (e.g. on loan); deficit
just because; even if; even though
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life