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timidly, nervously, hesitantly, trembling (with fear), fearfully, anxiously

grandfather; male senior-citizen, old man

firmly, solidly, sturdily, strongly, toughly

solid, robust, well-built; tight, taut; shrewd, calculating, astute

exactly, precisely, punctually, on the dot; closely, tightly, (fitting) perfectly; properly, without fail

clearly, plainly, distinctly, decisively, flatly, definitely, resolutely

altogether, entirely

Mr, Mrs, Miss, Ms, -san; politeness marker(explanation); Sun; Saint, St; San (people); son

to fail, to blunder, to mess up, to screw up; to be dismissed, to be fired

always, all the time, constantly, frequently, often

(slowly and) carefully, without haste, thoroughly, deliberately, closely, meticulously

(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little, (slipping) gradually, (drawing back) slowly, with a slither; on and on, while putting off, slovenly, interminably; with a slurp, with a sniffle; loose, lax, inconclusive, unresolved

rough, careless, slovenly, slipshod, rude, impolite

only, merely, but, no more than

loose (of clothing), baggy; flabby, saggy; sloshing, slopping, overflowing; plenty (of pouring a liquid), drowning (e.g. in a sauce)

sluggish, languid, listless, heavy (heart, legs, etc.), dull; bothersome, tiresome, pain-in-the-ass

often, frequently, now and then, occasionally

surely, certainly, without doubt

huge, big, enormous

in some way or other, one way or another, somehow, only just, barely

possibly, apparently, (seem) likely, seemingly; somehow or other, with difficulty, barely, after a fashion