it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
(school) period; period or division of time; time limit
single; simple; sole; individual; unitary
assertiveness; positiveness; initiative; spirit of enterprise
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
independence; autonomy; self-reliance
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
source of electricity; electrical power; power (button on TV, etc.)
repetition; iteration; recursion; recurrence; recapitulation
signature move (assoc. with a martial artist, wrestler, etc.); finishing move
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
to head home; to leave for home
inside a car (train, bus, etc.)
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
to contemplate; to ponder; to think over; to turn over in one's mind; to reflect; to muse
(referring to a person) receiver; receiving side; viewer; listener
Comic Market (semiannual self-published comic book convention); comiket; comic book market; comicbook market
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
stern expression; severe expression; grim expression
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
several minutes; a few minutes
mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion
to watch over; to watch attentively
near; close; beside; third person
war funds; war expenditures; military spending
abundant; ample; plentiful; lustrous; glossy
U.S. forces; American military
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
introduction; bringing in; leading in; installation
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
registration; accession; register; entry; record