recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely
pit of one's stomach; bottom of one's heart; one's true feelings; one's innermost thoughts
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
looking like a ...; acting as if a ...
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
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
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
departure; departing from ...; sent from ...; (a letter, etc.) dated ...; counter for engines (on an aircraft); counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)
firing; shooting; fire; gunshot; marksmanship
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
loading; charging; filling
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
to begin shooting; to shoot out
gushing out; welling up; springing up
slide (for projection); transparency; (microscope) slide; to slide; to slip; to shift (e.g. a group of items in a schedule)
shooting range; firing range
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention; concentration (of population, buildings, power, etc.); centralization; within a collection of works
some; few; a number of; somewhat; to a certain extent; a bit