in a hurry; hastily; in feverish haste
to stir; to churn; to rummage around; to throw into confusion; to throw into chaos
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
finding employment; getting a job
danger; peril; hazard; risk
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
to look forward to something
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
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 pull down; to lower; to reduce; to withdraw
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
almost; roughly; approximately
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
to become better; to improve
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
youthful; young; young-looking
innovative; liberal; reformist; progressive
long time; long interval; for quite some time
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
memorization; memorisation; learning by heart
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
to unravel; to untie; to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.); to relax; to ease
to accustom; to train (e.g. one's ear); to tame; to domesticate; to train (an animal)
results; record; grades; marks
growing (graph rising to the right); expanding; soaring
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
(department) store; (department) stores
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
reaching a peak; reaching the limit; plateauing; maxing out
to practice; to practise; to train; to drill; to become practiced; to become practised
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
profound; deep; grave; solid; dignified; stately