telecommunications; correspondence
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease
strongest ever; most powerful in history
will (probably); intend (to do); will; should; ought to
unintelligible language; incoherent language; talking nonsense; babble; gibberish; jargon
to relate to; to have one's feelings understood
to know thoroughly; to have full knowledge of
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
refreshing; neat; tidy; trim
to slash back; to strike back; to counterattack; to retort; to quickly turn the steering wheel in the opposite direction; to cut the wheel
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
cushion; cushion (to soften the blow); mitigation
air-permeability; breathability
hole; hole; cup; (electron) hole
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
(good) teamwork; team play; (close) cooperation; coordination; collaboration
to trust; to relax one's guard (around)
(cash) register; checkout (counter); cashier
to anticipate; to foresee
two (long cylindrical things)
to insert; to put in; to plant (a cutting); to strike; to arrange (flowers); to wear (a sword) in one's belt
ikebana; Japanese art of flower arrangement
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
to view (cherry) blossoms; to look at flowers
fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)
to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about
clean; hygienic; sanitary; pure; virtuous; immaculate
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
children's story; fairy tale
to become fraught with emotion
to make coffee; to brew coffee
interior of the mouth; oral cavity