high class; high grade; high rank; seniority
luxurious; magnificent; extravagant; sumptuous
interior design; interior; upholstery
rude; outspoken; presumptuous; cheeky
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
when it becomes; when it comes to
tag; label; game of tag; tag-team match; working together as a team
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
front (aspect, weather, war-front, etc.); reception (e.g. in a hotel); front desk; front office; team management
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
to act as an agent for; to intermediate; to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to convey (a message)
representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney
to telephone; to make a phone call
upper floor (of a building)
one floor (of a building); single floor
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
just a minute; small quantity
honorific/polite/humble prefix
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens
to half-rise to one's feet
indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard