being very active; being very useful; playing a very active part; making a spectacular showing; great efforts; splendid work
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
what the?; what's that?; what are you doing?; what's going on?
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
making practical; making useful; implementing
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; whimsy; (having) strange tastes
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
senior high school student
order; ordering; beginning; start; foreword; preface
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
casual speech; peer language; informal language
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
knowing; (an) acquaintance
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
very small amount; insignificant thing; negligible amount
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
surveillance camera; security camera
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)