to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to recall; to remember; to recollect
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
Nagata-chō (Japan's political center; equiv. of Downing Street)
home area; home town; local
to collect; to assemble; to gather
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
considerably; greatly; a lot
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
fee paid to performing artists, etc.; appearance fee
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
materials; data; document
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
rice plant (Oryza sativa)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
mass communication; mass media
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed