one's post; place of work; workplace
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
relieved; refreshed; frank; candid; easy-going
crude; unrefined; coarse; ill-mannered; rude; insensitive
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
to rest one's chin in one's hands
what kind of business; what sort of matter
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
a little; a bit; slightly
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
plentiful; abundant; definitely extant
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
bet; wager; stake; gamble
healthy; sound; wholesome
student (esp. a university student)
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
beating (of the heart, with joy, excitement, etc.); palpitation; throbbing; pounding; fluttering
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
remarkably; markedly; rapidly; sound of breaking or creaking
memorial; testimonial; commemorative
counter for nights of a stay; overnight stay; lodging
third day of the month; three days
limiter (electronics); (speed) limiter
not knowing at all (that); without the slightest idea (that); completely unaware (that)
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
to enter (house, room, etc.); to step in
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation); being immersed in; being absorbed in; prone to; apt to
extensive; vast range; wide scope
years gone by; earlier years; former years; the past
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
(some type of) enthusiast; somebody possessed of a (certain kind of) mental abnormality