material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
sales promotion; hard selling
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
time; hour; period; class
gradually; by degrees; little by little; bit by bit
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
right away; without delay; as soon as possible; very soon
guard; security guard; security officer
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
right; right-hand side; right hand; the above (in a piece of vertical writing); above-mentioned; the right (wing)
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
if it's going to be that way, then ...; if given the choice; if possible; if anything
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
extreme; ultra; mega; damn; stupid; cursed
rice plant (Oryza sativa)
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
hostess (in a hostess bar)
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
klop; klunk; whonk; with a heavy impact; forcibly
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
in spite of; despite; although; nonetheless; nevertheless; but
contact; touch; contact lens
fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
in succession; one after another
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
it's no big deal; it's no problem; it's nothing to worry about; safe (and sound); all right