the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
to appease; to suppress; to calm
that is to say; so that means
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
all-Japan; all-Japan championships; (Japanese) national championships
association; society; organization; organisation
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
how; in what way; circumstances
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
clear; sonorous; full-sounding; resonant; bright
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs; you can't solve a problem without making some sacrifice
how; in what way; by what means
brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother
ahead; before; the future
crown (of head); summit (of mountain); easy win for one; something received
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather
signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university