driver (of a vehicle); motorist; screwdriver; driver (club); (device) driver
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of a restaurant)
rather; sooner; preferably; on the contrary; if anything
going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
headlight (on a vehicle); headlamp (flashlight worn on the head); head torch
to cut up; to split open; to rip to pieces; to tear to pieces
default legal speed limit (in Japan, 60 km/h for cars on ordinary roads, 100 km/h on highways); national speed limit
head (of a line, group, etc.); front; lead; forefront; vanguard
sticky; thick (e.g. thickly plastered); icky; to stick closely
draft; draught; handprint; signed hand-print; permit (for passing a barrier checkpoint during the Edo period); pass
here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots
independence of will or action; self-direction; autonomy; initiative; identity
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence
position in a game; state of the game; situation; stage; phase
to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off; to sever (ties); to break off (relations); to cut off (a supply route, enemy's retreat, etc.); to block
to be reduced to (e.g. poverty); to end up as
one of two (possibilities, alternatives, etc.)
to grow horns; to sprout horns; to become angry; to become jealous
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
main cause; primary factor
live coverage; on-the-spot telecast
(wireless) transceiver; radio; walkie-talkie
listening device; bug; wiretap
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
radio wave; reception; signal; saying strange things
catch; catching; catch; shop tout; puller-in; catching (in swimming and boating); catching the water
to carry around; to carry on one's person
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
necessities; necessary article; requisite; essentials
frequency (esp. of waveforms)
chain (bicycle, measuring, tire, etc.); chain (store, hotel, etc.)
to have excess momentum (from going too fast, using too much force, etc.); to get carried away; to go overboard; to overdo (something)
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
right side; right-hand side
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest
brazenly; shamelessly; alternating wins and losses (every other day); (arch.) stupidly; (arch.) cluelessly; (arch.) slipping away secretly
flaring up; bursting into flames