terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
punch (with the fist); punching (a hole); hole punch; punch (drink); punch (in a song, speech, etc.); impact
shoji (paper sliding door)
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
submersion; inundation; being flooded
whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
indicate reason; infers some protest
pupil; student; schoolchild
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end; after all
ordinary; nothing special; nothing to exclaim over
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
to miss (a train, bus, etc.); to fail to keep up with (e.g. the times); to be left behind by
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
thank you for the meal; that was a delicious meal; what a wonderful meal
being too late; losing one's final chance
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
diffidence; losing one's nerve; feeling awkward; feeling timid; being daunted
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable