by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
opening; aperture (e.g. camera); opening one's mouth; beginning to speak; open; broad
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
loud sound; loud reverberation
rail (track); (curtain) rail; track (for a sliding door); groundwork; spadework
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once
covering; protection; backing; relief
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation
automatic; intransitive verb
service (bus, train); operation; motion; revolution; movement
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
impossible; unlikely; improbable
to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head
way; method; means; resource; course
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
to come to nothing; to be spoiled; to be spoilt
play; sport; romp; frolic; joke; prank
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
in bad shape; not doing well; not going well; out of condition; in poor form
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
to press a question; to cross-examine
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape