salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up
to enjoy; to take pleasure in; to have a good time; to look forward to
in succession; one after another
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
daring; fearless; intrepid; bold; tough
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
kanji "fire" radical at bottom (radical 86)
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
to chase; to run after; to pursue; subsequently; following that; (and) then
to do; to commit; to carry out; to bring about
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
administrator; janitor; manager; custodian; executor
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (flyers, etc.); to give out; to shake off (a pursuer, companion, etc.); to give the slip
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryō system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
middle school (esp. the middle school section of a school that also encompasses other grades); junior high school
school building; schoolhouse
one by one; thoroughly; exhaustively; with a fine-tooth comb
giving something a try because it will not do any harm
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
naturally; of course; understandably
blocking communications (from a phone number or an e-mail address)
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration
to have one's attention caught (by); to be distracted (by); to be preoccupied (with); to be captivated (by); to be absorbed (in)
not watching where one is driving; not keeping one's eyes on the road
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
to bump into; to run into; to encounter; to meet with; to clash (of opinions, people, etc.); to conflict
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
sudden braking; slamming on the brakes
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
falling on one's backside; pratfall; mochi used to celebrate a child's first birthday; mochi tied to a baby's back if he starts walking before his first birthday in order to cause him to fall on his backside