recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
to be evasive; to give an evasive answer; to speak ambiguously; to prevaricate; to cook up a specious story to get out of an uncomfortable situation; to make do with
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
time appointed for meeting (assembling); time one is supposed to meet
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
notable; important; chief; valuable; conspicuous; outstanding
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
spring term (e.g. school); spring period
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
female office worker; office lady; overlap; orienteering
each; (arch.) you (plural)
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
speech; expression; wording; language
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
suit (clothing); suit (playing cards)
civilian clothes; plain clothes; mufti; plainclothes police officer
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
while; even though; despite
small-format paperback book; pocket paperback