hurried construction; hurried production; hasty manufacture; hasty formation
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
training; drill; practice; discipline
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
cooperation; conciliation; harmony; coordination
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
release (e.g. information); disclosure (legal); show; indication; display
bargaining chip; bargaining tool
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
listening (esp. in foreign language education); listening comprehension; (public) hearing
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
care; precaution; guarding; caution
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
proficient; skillful; enjoying; satisfaction; satiation
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
patient; having a long fuse
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
probability; likelihood; chances
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
point of uncertainty; unclarified issue; doubt
pointing out; identification
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
to just appear; to be half out; to be on the tip of one's tongue
from the beginning; from scratch