to make sure; to check; to ascertain; to confirm; to verify
to make one's rounds; to patrol
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert; quarantine
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
(sound of) footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (of a book); (one) complete set (of books)
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
time; labour; payment (for labour); pay; tedious job; troublesome job
floor; dance floor; sales floor; floor (of a building); storey
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
to enclose (with); to surround (with); to turn (one's head, heel, etc.); to rotate; to think over; to consider
to go up the stairs; to climb the stairs
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
owner (esp. of a business)
to be crushed; to be squashed; to go bankrupt; to go under; to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.)
redoing; doing over again
(appearing, occurring) one after another
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to evade (question, subject); to ward off; to avert; to put aside
account book; register; ledger
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
clerical desk; office desk
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
small build; small stature; petite; small pattern
to maintain one's honor as a man; to save face (as a man); to have one's honor upheld
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
the world in general; society; convention
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish); meat at the base of a fin
basking in the sun; sunbathing
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over
solo hiking; solo climbing; solo travel
accent (on a syllable, word); stress; intonation; inflection; (language) accent (e.g. American, British); accent (e.g. in a design)