lucky; fortunate; timely; convenient
bright; beaming; brilliant; glittering
fan service; giving one's fans what they want
cats (esp. the musical: Cats)
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
looking at each other; postponement; suspension; interruption
high-end; high end; high level
food (esp. chicken and vegetables) boiled in plain water (or sometimes dashi, etc.) and served with dipping sauce (esp. ponzu)
rising rapidly (e.g. prices, popularity); soaring; skyrocketing; going through the roof
Great Leap Forward (failed attempt to industrialize China and increase agricultural production, from 1958-1960); significant breakthrough; great strides
temporary licence; temporary license; provisional licence; provisional license
moon; Tsukuyomi (god of the Moon in Shinto and mythology)
hardcore crowd; people who take their hobby or interest very seriously
elementary and middle school pupils
sudden fall; sharp fall; sudden drop; sharp drop
this sort of; of this kind; of the sort; such
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up
(with) great vigour (from the way splitting bamboo goes all down the stick); irresistible force
talk (of the town); rumour; rumor; gossip
children's home; child care institution; orphanage
content-free chat; idle gossip
to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)
the top (e.g. top ten); the best
taking the podium; mounting the rostrum; going on stage to give a speech, etc.
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy
the more you do (it), the... (e.g. "the more you drink, the better it tastes")