preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
alternating current; AC; analogue computer (analog); average cost; adult child
(electrical) outlet; (wall) socket; power point
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
power outage; power failure; power cut; blackout
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
fully prepared; all ready
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
gradual (destruction); progressive (dismantlement)
breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd); dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.); winding-up; dissolution (of the Diet, Parliament, etc.)
(traffic) congestion; traffic jam; gridlock; delay; stagnation
looking aside; looking away; (from the) eyes of an onlooker; outsider's view; looking on from the side
second (unit of time); arc second
to rub; to scrub; to repeatedly reuse (a joke, a topic of conversation, etc.); to milk; to mash (a button); to spam (a move)
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
around here; hereabouts; (around) this point; about now
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
area; zone; district; quarter; section; limits
complete darkness; total darkness; pitch darkness
key; lock; key (to a problem, success, etc.); clue
exit; way out; outlet; vent
sour (expression); (lit.) as if having chewed on a bitter bug
every evening; every night
to push aside; to push one's way through
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
emergency light; emergency lamp
light; light (colour, food, comedy, etc.); right; right field; right fielder
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
wherein; therein; thereinto
ice; ice cream; ice pop; ice lolly; cold; iced (e.g. iced tea, iced coffee); ice (stimulant drug)