tea-drinking companion; crony; buddy; spouse married late in life for companionship
to push (something) against
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that)
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while
take care of yourself; get well soon
receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)
to begin talking; to open up
physical education; PE; gym (class)
iron rod; iron bar; iron club; horizontal bar (gymnastics)
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
trivial; not amounting to much
sullenly; discontentedly; silently (in a bad mood); grumpily; with hurt feelings
worth; merit; value; good point; strong point; redeeming feature
substitute (actor); stand-in; fill-in; understudy; double
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
to talk; to tell; to recite; to pledge; to conspire with
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
transmission and reception; sending and receiving
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to jump on (a horse); to jump onto (a bus, train, etc.); to jump into (a taxi)
to say; to speak; to tell; to be called
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
return; reaction; recovery; return (from a procedure)
tsk; tut; shoot; chirp; tweet
to pass each other; to cross paths
(verbal) message; word (from someone)
note (letter) left behind; will
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out; to hand (over); to give
briskly; energetically; livelily; efficiently; crisply; vigorously
with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease
to scribble (down); to write quickly; to dash off
(reciprocal) communication; (coming to a) mutual understanding
at once; immediately; instantly; in an instant; quickly; suddenly
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up