chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
arrangement; good offices; discretion; judgment; disposition
facilitator; programme director; steering committee (chair)
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
killing time; staving off boredom
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
loser; defeated person; the defeated
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
to find out; to discover; to locate
as before; as ever; as it was originally
to start to move; to get going; to come alive
dismissal (from one's post); firing; being relieved from one's post; discarding; throwing away; becoming useless
to receive favor; to receive assistance; to receive help; to be looked after; to be taken care of; to become dependent (on)
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
1,000,000; one million; million; many
rainy sky; sky as it looks when it is about to rain; threatening sky
to express (in words); to confess
(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)
goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
to pour in (liquids); to pour in (money); to pump in (investment)
to look into; to peep into; to peer into
checking answers (e.g. to homework problems); verifying one's answers
to have a drink; to have a few drinks
villain; baddie; the villain's part
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
speaking voice; talking voice
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts