marvelous; astonishing; wonderful
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject
escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism
MP; magic point; military police (US, etc.); MP; member of parliament (UK, etc.); MP
regarding ...; concerning ...; about ...; on ...; with respect to ...; in regard to ...
Great Leap Forward (failed attempt to industrialize China and increase agricultural production; 1958-1960); significant breakthrough; great strides
going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
escape; getting away (from); getting out (of); prolapse; proptosis
causing concern; (lit.) bad for the heart
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
dark; gloomy; somber; depressing
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
leveling up; raising the level (of); boosting; improving; improvement; rising to the next level
which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...
voice; speech; phone (as opposed to a phoneme); speech sound; audio; sound (as opposed to the picture)
100,000; hundred thousand
3000; three thousand; many
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
so; therefore; for that reason; if so; if that is the case; in that case
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
window; window (shop display)
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
to be too numerous; to be too much
something; something or other; something something
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
demon of the sixth heaven in the realm of desire who tries to prevent people from doing good
obliteration; annihilation
ash; embers; complete destruction
bright red; crimson lotus flower
bold move (in sumo, judo, etc.); daring move; powerful technique
practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing