sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
home area; home town; local
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
troupe; theatrical company
practice; practising; training; study
corner; bend; segment (within a radio or TV program); session; area; department
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
to need; to call for; to require
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
one-by-one; separately; in detail
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
to be blurred (due to motion; of a photo, video, etc.); to be shaken (of a camera); to waver (in one's beliefs, policy, etc.); to shift (position); to be slightly off
prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
output (electrical, signal, etc.)
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
amplification (elec.); magnification; amplification; making larger
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
abstention (from voting); renunciation (of a right); withdrawal (from a contest)
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)