founder; organizer; organiser
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
telephone receiver; telephone mouthpiece; making a telephone call; receiving a telephone call
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
quick-wittedness; having tact; being sensible
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
wind direction; situation; way things are going; mood; temper
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
bet; wager; stake; gamble
half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
good at storytelling; good at telling (funny) stories; having the gift of gab
to go too far; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
anything and everything; just about everything
(nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive; proper place to die; dilemma; predicament
to run at full speed; to run and run; to try one's hardest
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
going around; orbiting; circling; circumference; girth; surroundings
orbit; trajectory; railroad track; (right) track; proper course
base (military, expedition, etc.)
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
investment; contribution; financing