beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
closing hours (of a store, restaurant, etc.)
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm
period of time; time slot; time zone
not worth considering; out of the question
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
to give up (all thoughts of); to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to make a decision; to decide
by sheer strength; by brute force
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
to be torn off; to come off
overlooking; turning a blind eye
to be packed (with); to be filled; to be blocked (of a pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to be become shorter; to shrink; to be at a loss (for)
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements; e.g. trembling, quick steps); gradual; bit by bit
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down
little by little; bit by bit
to sieve; to sift; to winnow; to screen (candidates)
plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention
to fold up; to fold into layers; to collapse (content on a webpage, etc.)
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal (e.g. to the public); to urge; to exhort
children's (TV) show; children's program
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
voice; speech; phone (as opposed to a phoneme); speech sound; audio; sound (as opposed to the picture)
to spend time (on doing something)
wicked tongue; sharp tongue; abusive language
to turn over; to turn (pages); to leaf through (a book, etc.); to tear off; to strip off; to take off
chop (pork, lamb, etc.); chop; chop (in tennis or table tennis); chop stroke
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
reading in a monotone; stiff delivery; wooden delivery; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; recklessly; thoughtlessly; excessively
(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of