careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
unexpected; unlikely; terrible; awful; very; extremely
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
to dry up; to shrivel (up); to go (completely) dry; to wither (of talents, feelings, etc.); to become desiccated (e.g. of ideas)
charcoal; charred remains
to drift (to); to be washed ashore
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
significant; useful; meaningful; worthwhile; valuable; of interest
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
long telephone conversation; being on the phone for a long time
fixed time; regular time; scheduled time; fixed period; scheduled period
public telephone; pay phone
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
taking leave (of a visited place); leaving; going home; leaving one's employment; quitting one's job; being dismissed
yōkan; jellied dessert made from red bean paste, agar, and sugar
bundle of banknotes; stack of bills; large sum of money
opportunism; double standards; timeserving; expediency
big welcome; welcoming greatly; being very welcome
to be used to eating the best; to have a refined palate
unhurt; uninjured; flawless (e.g. gem); unblemished; spotless (e.g. reputation); faultless (e.g. performance)
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
talk; dialogue; conversation
managing editor; chief editor
setting; installing; setting up (meeting, conference, etc.); stage setting; setting (of a novel, movie, play, etc.)
writer; author; contributor
not in one's recollection; having no recollection (of); having no memory (of)
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
spare time; free time; time (it takes to do something); time required; time off; leave; dismissal
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support
grand; luxurious; lavish; great; large; big (e.g. storm)
moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
desperation; struggle to the death
bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering
as planned; according to plan
arms; armament; taking up arms; arming oneself