key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
being on duty; being on watch; person on duty
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
it is I who should say so
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
horror film; horror movie
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, handicap, etc.); overcoming; bringing under control; subjugation; victory over
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity
screening (a movie); showing; to screen a movie
source of electricity; electrical power; power (button on TV, etc.)
switching off (e.g. electricity); turning off (e.g. water); off-season; offset; off-road; off-line; off (the price)
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
late-summer greeting card (sent from about August 8 onward)
pinch; crisis; tough spot; clothespin
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite
lottery; tombola; drawing
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
pocket tissue; small package of tissues
first class; first rank; one degree; one level; most; best
that is to say; so that means
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
with a clatter; with a rattle; empty; bare; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle
please; somehow or other; one way or another
to read the situation; to sense the mood