tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
having had enough (of); fed up (with); sick and tired (of); to learn one's lesson; to learn from a bad experience
becoming a pupil (of); becoming an apprentice
number two; mistress; concubine
to hang up; to end a telephone conversation
to dress up as; to disguise oneself as; to play the role of
to get into a panic; to be flustered; to panic; to get in a flap
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
imagination; supposition; guess
frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere
untraceable; long lost; one's whereabouts being unknown
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
to lull (a child) to sleep; to put a person to sleep
fast-talking; rapid talking
indigestion; dyspepsia; incomprehensibility; inability to understand
photographer; cameraman; camera operator; cinematographer
classmate; graduates in the same class; wrestlers who began their professional careers in the same tournament
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
life; living; I; me; student
register of names; list of names; roll; register; roster
almost; roughly; approximately
news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
wherein; therein; thereinto
gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
material; tangible; concrete
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
use; utilization; utilisation; application
third month of the lunar calendar; (arch.) thick growth (of grass, etc.); Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE); Yayoi culture
married woman; another's wife
murder; homicide; manslaughter