at last; finally; barely; narrowly; yo-ho!; heave-ho!
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful
Now let's return to the main subject; To return from the digression,.. (in a conversation, speech, or story-telling)
important matter; requirement; requisite; necessary condition
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
quarter; person with one non-Japanese grandparent
following (e.g. someone's opinion); being servile to; adherence; compliance; emulation; mimicking
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
turning point; change; transition; (arch.) point of difference
time-out; timeout; timeout
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
taking a long time; slowness; sluggishness; lack of firmness; looseness; slovenliness
to stare in wonder; to be amazed
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
junior high school student; middle school pupil
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
difference; disparity; gap
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
clear; clearing (a bar, hurdle, etc.); overcoming; getting through; clearing (the ball); clearing (e.g. a checked box)
to assign; to allot; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate; to assess
easygoing; optimistic; conceited
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
shuffle (of playing cards, etc.); rearranging (in a random order); shaking (a container to mix ingredients, etc.)
common sense; common knowledge; common understanding
opponent; adversary; the competition; the other side; one's enemy
to rearrange (classes); to recompose; to reset; to recombine (genes)
mixed (e.g. team, chorus)
softly; mildly; gently; politely
strong-willed; strong of heart
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
cannot be avoided (of a problem, etc.); unavoidable; inevitable
impudent; shameless; brazen; forward; audacious; cheeky
to grasp back; to squeeze back; to grab back
same row; same line; same file; same rank; same level; same category