please excuse the intrusion; I'm coming in
first-year student; first-year pupil; beginner; novice; annual; annual plant
stick; piece of wood; billet; piece of a broken pole
thread (on an Internet forum, mailing list, etc.); topic; conversation; post
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
infirmary (at a school, workplace, etc.); health center; nurse's office; nurse's room; sickroom; sick bay
worn-out; shabby; seedy; completely exhausted
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
(state of) apparent death; suspended animation
bookbinding; binding (a book)
hospitalization; hospitalisation
being in charge of (esp. a class or subject); taking charge of; class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
to muffle one's voice; to speak (or sob, etc.) quietly
8th day of the month; eight days
calculation; computation; reckoning; consideration; calculation; estimation
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
to fret (esp. of a young child); to be fretful; to be peevish
table; desk; counter for tables, desks, etc.; offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony); tabletop incense burner
the other day; lately; recently
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
blue; azure; green; pale (facial color); gray; unripe
recently; lately; these days
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
don't try and tell me that!; don't try that shit on me
leaving something as it is (after taking it out or turning it on)
openly; squarely; directly; to a person's face
we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual
to keep (something) a secret; to keep hidden (forever); to continue to conceal
honorific title; honorific term of address
losing one's nerve; feeling awkward; feeling timid; feeling hesitant; feeling nervous; feeling diffident
settlement out of court; private settlement
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
protective sheet; protective film
absolutely normal; perfectly commonplace; taken for granted
to ask again; to repeat one's question; to ask back; to ask in return; to counter
to loiter; to hang around; to wander around; to prowl; to roam