expressing emotion; drawing facial expressions
rather than; more ... than ...
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
hygiene; sanitation; cleanliness; toilet; restroom; bathroom
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
end; tip; extremities; rank and file; part of an organisation furthest from the centre
free medical treatment; gratuitous treatment
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
to contact; to get in touch with; to check in (with)
degree of familiarity; popularity; name recognition; notoriety
exclusive possession; sole ownership; monopoly
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
severe punishment; rigorous measures
to run swiftly; to speed; to dash; to charge ahead (in pursuit of some goal); to push forward
just because; even if; even though
to act hastily in pursuit of glory; to hasten after success; to be too eager to succeed
nap room (in an office, fire station, etc.)
to becalm one's feelings; to compose oneself
to participate in (as a member); to get involved in
prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
school (of painting, ikebana, etc.)
free and easy; open-hearted; relaxed; not fussy; frank
repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring
manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act, usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit
racing (of an engine); idling; going in circles (of an argument, discussion, etc.); spinning one's wheels; going nowhere
course correction; trajectory change; orbital adjustment
to faint; to swoon; to be astounded; to astonished; to have a busy time; to be hectic
slack; loose; lax; slovenly; sloppy
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
outrageous; wild (ambition, idea, etc.); crazy; inordinate; extravagant (e.g. claims); audacious
to be beside oneself; to lose one's head; to go mad with something
not non-existent; not completely lacking; there is some; certainly existent
being present (at the same meeting, occasion, etc.); attendance (with); sitting with; same (seating) precedence; same rank
extinction (e.g. of a family); dying out; discontinuation; severance (e.g. of relations); rupture; breaking off
to maintain itself; to last; to make itself pay; to make a living; to keep going
election; selection; choice
anarchy; state of anarchy