to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
nature (of a person); disposition; temperament; quality; inherent characteristic; property
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
matter of time; question of time
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
state (of affairs); situation; appearance; look(s); sign; indication
after that; afterwards; thereafter
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
at the same time; concurrently; simultaneously; coinciding (with)
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
cause of victory; reason for (one's) success
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
furious (energy, battle, etc.); frenzied (work, activity, etc.); ferocious
nobility; aristocracy; peerage
illegitimate child; secret love child
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
how; in what way; how about
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
influence; effect; impact
how; in what way; by what means
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
to cut one's way through; to fight one's way through (the enemy); to get over; to come through; to overcome (a difficulty)
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
silence; stillness; quietness