because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; game; match; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.)
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to look at (something) from another perspective; to put it the other way round; to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time
cellar; cave; hole in the ground
up in a tree; in the trees
degree of perfection; level of completion; degree of completion
foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead
currying favour; sucking up; being anxious to please; bootlicker
(the) second (party, rank, etc.); B (grade); stylish; chic; strange; quaint
first day returning to work after the New Years holiday; first task at a new job; newcomer's first job
ninja art of water-escape
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
to dry out; to become dry (and brittle); to go stale
audience (with a person of high standing); diameter of a tree trunk at eye level
urgent; requiring quick (response)
managerial liability; executive responsibility; accountability
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
sudden shower; sudden downpour
primordial; fundamental; basic; primitive
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; Heian period (794-1185)
close investigation; careful examination; scrutiny
refinement; narrowing-down
sensitivity (e.g. of a measuring instrument); reception (radio, TV, etc.); sensitivity (of film)
bending and stretching; flexing and extending
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
conversion (e.g. yen to dollars); change; exchange; translation (numerical)
distant place; faraway location; far away
view; vista; panorama; outlook; prospect
the favor (favour) of one's master
rise; swell; elevation; upsurge
to dip out; to scoop up; to ladle out
to draw a bow; to oppose; to defy; to disobey one's superiors
boring; dull; uninteresting
crowbar; bar (unit of pressure); bar; café
gold driver's license; driver's license awarded to drivers who haven't been in an accident in the past 5 years