to call in; to invite; to bring in
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy; (tactical) advance or retreat of troops
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter; nothing to worry about
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
earnestly; immediately; exactly
meeting; greeting; welcome
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of
hey!; excuse me!; wait a moment
flapping; rattling; (running) with a clatter; noisily; (falling) one after another; in quick succession; busily
to match; to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with
visit (to someone affected by illness or misfortune); call; inquiry (about someone's health); letter of inquiry; letter of sympathy; get-well letter
to lose interest; to slacken off
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
ascent; climbing; ascending (path); upbound (esp. toward Tokyo)
blank; blank space; gap; time spent not doing something (e.g. working, practicing)
to miss (doing); to fail (to do); to do without
to perform the last rites over the deceased; to give someone their final notice (e.g. when firing them); to give someone the final word
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
freshly grated (e.g. daikon)
soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly
greenhouse; icehouse; cellar
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
to slide into; to slip into
wherein; therein; thereinto; among which
to act up (machine); to go out of tune (instrument); to not work right; to be knocked off stride; to lose one's bearings; to lose one's presence of mind
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
to complete decisively; to do to completion
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
to face; to go towards; to head towards
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
thoroughbred (horse); person of lineage; blue-blood
to explain away; to talk one's way out of; to excuse oneself; to evade