Supreme Court justice; Supreme Court judge
10th day of the month; ten days
serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis
there is nothing; having nothing
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent
group of politicians who support construction interests; (lit.) construction tribe
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
tribe; race; group (of people who share a common feature); gang; tribe (taxonomic rank); group (in the periodic table)
group; (free) radical; counter for installed or mounted objects (e.g. stone lanterns, gravestones, satellites)
to have a lot of influence (in); to have clout (with); to be influential; to have contacts (in)
heir; successor; family estate; family fortune; headship of a family
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
boat; rowboat; rowing boat
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
to inquire (about); to enquire; to ask; to interrogate; to question intensely; to grill (someone about something)
to get overexcited; to fool around; to mess around
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
if; in case; supposing; worst (case); unexpected (occurence); unforeseen
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
long ago; a long time ago; already
consensus; collective will; collective opinion
in unison; as one; united
breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening
prevention of crime; security (device, camera, etc.)
buzzer; personal alarm (loud buzzer to attract attention in case of attack)
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
in three days' time; two days after tomorrow
one breath; chug!; drink!
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
being deeply moved emotionally; excitement; passion; inspiration; deep emotion; strong impression
to show one's affection; to express one's love
signature move (assoc. with a martial artist, wrestler, etc.); finishing move
diary shared between friends (who take turns writing entries); exchange diary
to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)
talk (of the town); rumour; rumor; gossip
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot