suddenly; all of a sudden
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
crown; diadem; bottle cap
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
to hint; to insinuate; to satirize; to satirise
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
to fret; to be fretful; to be peevish
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
nonglutinous grain (not sticky enough to make mochi rice cakes)
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
above all; especially; particularly; all the more
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
external; superficial; outward; surface
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
study; library; den; home office; reading room
carelessness; inattention; thoughtlessness
quick pace; quick steps; quick march; trot (horse gait)
what do you want?; can I help you?
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)