speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on
to look slightly doubtful; to look puzzled; (lit.) to bend one's head slightly to one side
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
meanwhile; in the meantime
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; strikingly; outstandingly; especially
to resound (echo) far and wide
pinch; tough spot; bind; clothespin; clothes peg
(in) dire straits; (in a) serious bind; (in a) big pinch
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
failure; mistake; blunder
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
rather; sooner; preferably
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
to drive in (a nail, stake, etc.); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into; to shoot into; to input (data)
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
riding together; riding with
dull; dreary; dissatisfying; disappointing; unattractive; unappealing
dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; struck dumb with astonishment
light (color, taste, etc.); faint (e.g. smell); pale; faint (feeling, hope, etc.); fleeting; slight
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
depending on the situation; depending on circumstances
to smash; to break (into pieces); to shatter; to simplify; to make easy to understand
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
revival from the brink of death; recovering from a hopeless situation; resuscitation; revitalization
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
three times; thrice; third (interval)
to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
professional; pro; program; production; proletarian; proletariat
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of