objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
to accept; to receive; to agree
by nature; from the very beginning; through and through; absolutely (not); (not) at all
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving unattended; neglecting; abandoning
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
deterioration; getting worse; worsening; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
main street; avenue; boulevard
footbridge; pedestrian bridge; pedestrian overpass
play equipment; playground equipment
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
several times (as large, over)
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding; approval; consent
to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
occasion; time; circumstances; (in) case (of); when
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
natural accompaniment; inseparable pair; inevitable aspect (of something); part and parcel; supplementary printed insert (in a book or magazine); appendix
to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
hey there; I say; see here
slice; slice; slice (in tennis, table tennis, etc.); backspin shot
to cramp up; to tighten; to be insistent; to persist (in one's opinion); to act tough; to bluff; to prop up (e.g. with a post)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
how many times; how often
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
right under; directly below; right beneath
answering machine; answerphone
faked information; bogus intelligence; disinformation
draft; draught; cold air entering through the crack of a door or window; cooling off of a relationship; draft of cold air between two persons
prefecture (of Japan); county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (of France); province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)
cooling; refrigeration; cooling down (of a political conflict, etc.); calming down