attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
to put the scalpel to; to perform an operation on; to take drastic measures to get to the bottom of something; to make a searching inquiry; to put something under the microscope
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
schedule; program; programme; agenda
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
recently; lately; these days
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
even if; even though; however; no matter how
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
accompanying; being accompanied by; going with
yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
stealthily; secretly; in secret
peak period; pinnacle; prime; zenith; glory days
niddle-noddle; nid-nod; nodding off
article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
in swarms; in great crowds
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
high spirits; gleeful mood