available room (hotel); vacancy; room to let
remodelling; remodeling; reorganization; reorganisation
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
desktop; desk-top; tabletop; after-dinner speech
trial product; prototype model
pleasant feeling; good vibes
to be finished; to be completed; to be done
to be excited; to be elated
this world; this life; this generation; present day
approach (to a problem, issue, etc.); approach (of a long jump, aircraft's flight, etc.); inrun (of a ski jump); approach (to a building, mountain, etc.); approach shot
so; like this; in this way; this much; to this extent
sweet and sour; bittersweet (feeling)
going through; going via; going by way of
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
reservation; putting on hold; deferment; withholding
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
nonchalant air; unruffled air
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
rapidly; quickly; briskly; booming (e.g. of a drum)
performance of one's official duties
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
usual; normal; long (of time); old; for a long time; for a while
to lose a quarrel; to lose an argument; to be talked down
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
to install; to fit; to (manage to) obtain (someone's agreement, permission, etc.); to get; to patronize (a shop); to buy usually (from the same store)
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
to throw a punch at; to swing at; to strike out at; to raise a hand against
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
derailment; digression; deviation
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
to subsist; to keep on living
decision; settlement; confirmation; establishment
according to (depending on) the mood of the moment; as one's fancy dictates
whatever way; any way; either way; one way or the other
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing