insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
making use of; application; practical use; operation (esp. of a boat); steering
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
feeling startled; getting a shock; prank; practical joke
great success; huge success
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
continuation; continuance; going on; resuming
strike (i.e. industrial action)
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
number of persons; personnel
pensive (or worried) look on one's face
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
indulgence (esp. in the Catholic Church); pardon; excuse; justification; making amends for a previous misdoing
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
estimate (of costs); budget
cut; reduction; curtailment
customization; customisation
management; administration; operation; running (a business); conducting
on the way; as one goes; in the future; someday; eventually
present continuous tense; present progressive form; ongoing; (currently) active; currently in progress
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
rival; competitor; competition
promising; hopeful; full of promise
looking depressed; long face
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
sharp-eyed; keen-eyed; easily awakened
example; illustration; precedent
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
classic (work, esp. book); the classics
every month; trite; commonplace; conventional
to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate
to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building