space alien; alien; extraterrestrial being
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
it is not (like that) either
to be lacking in options; to be too few
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
duty; obligation; responsibility
being startled; getting a shock
nervous temperament; worry habit; pessimistic nature; pessimism
manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
thank you for the meal; that was a delicious meal; what a wonderful meal
one-way (trip); one-way ticket
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)
bureaucratic routine; red tape
being forced to commit seppuku; to be forced to bear responsibility and resign from one's position
to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
emergency meeting; urgent meeting; emergency session; emergency conference
to have a talk; to tell a story
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
to get tired of eating; to have enough of (a food)
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
preferential treatment; special treatment; discrimination; express delivery; special delivery
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)