previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
really; truly; indeed; good grief
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)
highest peak; highest mountain; greatest authority; most prominent person; pinnacle (e.g. of art)
authority; power; influence
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
surgery; department of surgery (hospital, etc.)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
by means of; due to; because of; according to
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
around the world; throughout the world
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
after that; afterwards; thereafter
being incident to; being accompanied by; being collateral with; being attached to
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
cumulative total; accumulated total; total up to now
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage