advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint
to remember; to keep in mind
to smoke (e.g. pipe); to puff (cigarette)
dozens; scores of; decades
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
watchful waiting; careful supervision
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
last drink (of sake); last glass; last cup
keeping things tidy and in order
to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to be prudent; to be complete; to be thorough
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
no objection; nothing to criticize; nothing to criticise
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
senior; elder; person older than oneself
set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly
to be rested; to feel at ease; to repose; to be relieved
daily routine; daily work; daily lesson
aim; goal; prospect; outlook
bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh
this and that; one thing or another
to undertake; to take on (task); to assure; to guarantee; to vouch (for)
one house; the same house
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
explosion; rupture; break off
disposal; abandonment; scrapping; annulment; cancellation; abrogation
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
persistence; single-mindedness
parallel lines; remaining far apart (e.g. in discussions); not reaching an agreement
indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
city police; municipal police
Home Ministry; Department of the Interior (US, etc.); Home Office (UK); Ministry of Home Affairs (Japan, pre-1947)
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
self-study; teaching oneself; studying by oneself (at school) while the teacher is absent
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
to talk; to carry meaning