next; following; subsequent; stage; station
pending question; unresolved problem
quick; fast; rapid; swift; prompt; streamlined
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
door; gate; opening; title page
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
to rank next to; to come after
leader; authority; mainstay
one's right-hand man; one's trusted henchman
(arch.) retainer; (arch.) attendant; Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight); I; me
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
royal capital; imperial capital
secondary residence; vacation home; villa
in its entirety; whole; wholly
conduct of business; management; acting as agent (of a land owner, house owner, etc.); being in charge (of a house, etc.)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
don't you think?; indicates question
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
after a long time; for the first time in a while
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
well; in good health; safe; free from accident
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
young master; son of a high-ranking person
to order; to command; to appoint
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...