almighty; highest valued card (e.g. ace of spades); wild card
practicality; utility; usefulness
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information; taking care not to be fooled
science; to think about scientifically; to think in terms of science
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
projection; protrusion; rupture (e.g. of gas); jetting out; prominence; standing out
to need; to call for; to require
space; room; unused land; room (for reconsideration, doubt, etc.); leeway; margin
convenient; handy; useful
answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising
completely; thoroughly; decisively; unsparingly; beyond recognition; until there's no untouched (undamaged) part
lightly (floating); buoyantly; puffing (on a pipe, cigarette, etc.); tooting (a trumpet, horn, etc.); blowing (a flute, whistle)
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
disappointment; despair; despondency; broken heart; adversity
conflict; fighting each other
evening meal; dinner; supper
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
bride; (one's) daughter-in-law; wife
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
independence; self-reliance
unsparingly; without listening to the other party; without giving the other party a chance to explain
to rebuke; to scold harshly
to profit; to benefit (from); to benefit (someone or something); to be beneficial to; to make good use of; to take advantage of
if you don't mind; if you like; if you feel up for it; if you're interested
solicitude; consideration; concern; (excessive) kindness
philosophical view; looking at philosophically; long view; farsighted view
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
attendance (on); chaperonage; attendant; escort; entourage