to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
prior engagement; previous appointment; prior agreement; previous promise; previous contract
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
frivolous; flippant; superficial; flattery; (insincere) compliments
to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
creed; belief; conviction; article of faith
carefully; closely; attentively; profoundly; deeply; at length
to knead well; to polish; to refine
literally; to the letter; literal
lofty; sublime; noble; the sublime (aesthetics)
other people's affairs; someone else's problem
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
depending on; dependent on
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
misemono; type of Edo- and Meiji-period side show often held outdoors or in small temporarily erected shacks on temple and shrine grounds; show; exhibition; spectacle
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
blasphemy; profanity; sacrilege; desecration; defilement
deceased; late; dead; departed
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
being alone; solitude; loneliness; orphan
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
to overlook (a mistake, fault, etc.); to tolerate; to let pass; to give someone a break; to let someone off lightly; to be lenient
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
in the meanwhile; during the time
(financial) settlement; squaring accounts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with)
to feel indebted (to); to feel grateful; to be much obliged
to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear
to be destroyed; to perish; to go out (e.g. fire); to destroy; to get rid of; to extinguish
inheritance; something given or received
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)