one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
if it's going to be that way, then ...; if given the choice; if possible; if anything
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
ultimate; final; last; eventual
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
piece (scrap, bit, strip) of paper
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
surname; family name; last name
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
frame (e.g. of film, panel in a comic, etc.); scene; time block (e.g. of a class schedule)
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
on bad terms; at loggerheads
for example; for instance; e.g.
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
leader; central personage
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
plane; sharpen; whittle; pare; shave (leather); scrape off
surface of a board or record
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
unit; (musical) group; band
mass; mass (media, production, etc.); masturbation
leather strap binding the plates of traditional Japanese armor (armour)
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
to make good use of; to use to one's advantage
consideration; taking into account
sense of helplessness; feeling of powerlessness
to be stricken (e.g. with grief); to be battered (e.g. by disasters)
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history