errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
safety; welfare; well-being
that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
last drink (of sake); last glass; last cup
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
speaking voice; talking voice
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited
information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
how; in what way; in what manner
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
to keep away; to keep at a distance
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
to lose heart; to lose interest; to lose motivation; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose flavor
tacit understanding; unspoken agreement
troublesome matter; burden; difficult task; chore; hassle
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
to spit out; to eject; to dump
delicious; appetizing; appetising
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
to mix with; to be mixed; to be mingled
performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact
duty; function; office; mission; task
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to find out; to discover; to detect
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw