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 (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance
to employ; to hire; to charter
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
conjunctive particle indicating a cause or reason
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
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
right under; directly below
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 (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala
stylish; smart; high collar; hair dressed in a western style; to dress in the latest Western fashion
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
shutter street (street with many closed-down shops or offices)
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
spray; sprayer; atomizer; sprinkles (confectionery); hundreds and thousands
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
confirmed as completed; everything must go (e.g. in a sale)