splendid; magnificent; gorgeous
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
perfect; complete; flawless
plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
readiness to cooperate; framework for cooperation
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
reality; actuality; hard fact
to bring back; to restore
deck (e.g. ship, tape, cassette, observation, train vestibule)
to rank next to; to come after
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
cool; chilly; feeling nice and cold
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
at the present time; as of now; at this time
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
premeditated murder; deliberate murder; willful murder; wilful murder
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); issue; (court) case