dirty work; unpleasant task
cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
work; business; company; study
pet name; nickname; affectionate name; term of endearment
naturalized citizen; naturalised citizen; immigrant to ancient Japan from China or Korea
bell signalling that work, class, etc. will formally begin shortly; first bell; warning bell
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
hurriedly; in a hurry; hastily; in haste
having no way to relieve (one's grief, mortification, etc.); unable to give vent to (one's anger)
moustache; mustache; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
personal history; background; log; record; hysteresis
to be prolonged; to drag on; to take a long time; to persist; to linger
can't occur easily; difficult to happen
to be somewhat stylish; to be somewhat chic
blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
to spit out; to eject; to dump
flustered; confused; panicked
confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent
nice; good; well-executed
daily income in cash; money paid by daily installments; money paid by daily instalments
it is assuredly (that) ...; can say with confidence that it is ...
to force one's way through
nth period (e.g. nth class in school day)
to use up; to exhaust; to wear out
mechanical pencil; automatic pencil; propelling pencil
spare pencil lead; pen refill (cartridge); replacement wick (e.g. of a lantern)
interpretation; explanation; reading; construction
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
timidity; cowardice; (lit.) courage of a flea
guts; pluck; nerve; spirit