news; word; tidings; omen; foreboding; premonition
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
closing (properly); shutting; firmness; tightness; carefulness (with money); economy
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
to see; to look; to watch; to try to ...
city centre (esp. of Tokyo); heart of a city; downtown area
high-rise (building); multistory; multistoried; high (altitude); upper (atmosphere, air current, etc.)
(scenic) view; prospect; outlook; viewing platform; overlook
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
slightly (of an action); (looking) small and quiet
losing initiative; being forestalled; moving second; person with the second move; gote; move that does not require an immediate response from the opponent
to connect; to join; to join or tie or knot together
high-mix, low-volume manufacturing; production of a large variety of products in limited amounts
fantastic; bizarre; incredible; tree tumbo (Welwitschia mirabilis)
night view; night skyline; nightscape
(giving) birth; childbirth; native (of); product of; produced in; assets
information; news; report; reward; retribution
along with; in line with; following; due to; as a result of; in accordance with
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
main storage; main memory
parallel processing; array processing
telephone; telephone number; telephone call; phone call
cut; cutting; omission; cutting; haircut; (continuous) shot (in a film or TV show); illustration (in a book, newspaper, etc.)
random access memory; RAM
as always; as ever; though it's always the case
main memory; main storage
a handful (of); small amount (of); small number (of); trouncing; crushing
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
to persuade; to prevail upon; to win a woman's heart; to win over; to talk someone into doing
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
to haul in (e.g. rope, net, etc.); to pull in; to attract (e.g. stares)
contribution (e.g. to newspaper)
precision instrument or machine
to be summoned (i.e. of a geisha, by a customer); to be offered (the job of ...); to be invited (to do ...)