waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
to run around; to bustle about; to busy oneself
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; around; about; round about
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
back street; back alley; off-street
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
modern convenience; convenience of civilized life; blessings of civilization
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
translation; version (e.g. "English version")
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
now (with the nuance of 'the last moment'); this late in the game
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
to telephone; to make a phone call
(telephone) call; (telephone) ring; shout; call; call loan (e.g. 30-day call); call money
telephone receiver; telephone mouthpiece; making a telephone call; receiving a telephone call
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
(walking a long distance) at a steady pace; trudgingly
periodic; regular; routine
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
to subsist; to keep on living
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
running as fast as one can
excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury
pre-established harmony (Leibniz theory); harmonie préétablie; (events) proceeding in a predictable fashion; turning out the way everyone expected; convention
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
witnessing; observing; sighting
counter for rules; rule; regulation