youth; adolescence; springtime of life
repeated blows; striking repeatedly; barrage; consecutive hits (e.g. in boxing, baseball)
news flash; prompt report; bulletin; quick announcement
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)
discovery; detection; finding
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
you'll regret this!; I'll get you for this!; just you wait!
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
overshoot; explosive spread (of an infectious disease); outbreak
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
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
to say something additional; to add (to what was said before)
proposal; proposition; suggestion
trivial; trifling; slight; insignificant
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
invitation; introduction; temptation
disillusionment; disillusion; disenchantment
affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship
to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)
without; but if; otherwise; or else
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
to look at each other; to exchange looks; to correspond (to); to be proportionate (to); to be in keeping with
the number of people; many people; a large number of people
here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots
jam-packed; packed; packed like sardines
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
to discuss; to talk together
something; something or other; something something
cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)
this sort of; this type of
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
to bury; to embed; to implant