actual state (of things); real state; live; on-the-scene; reporting live; live coverage
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
to come untied; to come apart; to be softened; to be relaxed
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
bikini model (usually teenage); pin-up girl
story; tale; talk; discussion
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
clap (sound of wooden clappers); chop vigorously; slight movement (e.g. poke, small bird alighting); the end; originally end of a play, marked by clap of clappers; dot (esp. typographical)
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
fixed form; regular shape; standard-size mail
section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
to shine; to look slightly upward (of a noh mask; indicating joy, etc.)
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
application (of ointment, etc.)
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
only; merely; but; no more than
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
slip of the tongue; misstatement; verbal slip-up
long ago; previous; of a former age
easy to get into (e.g. of music, etc.); easily getting into (a certain mood, etc.)
vocal (performance); vocals; singing; vocalist; singer
generation; the world; the age
spring in full bloom; spring at its height
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
audience; spectator; spectators
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
to get along; to hit it off; to be on the same page; to work well together; to synchronize
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now