mental preparedness;  being braced for;  being steeled for
 all together now!;  one, two, go!;  ready, set, go!;  heave, ho!;  oops-a-daisy
 spirit;  mind;  nature;  disposition;  motivation;  intention
 enjoyable;  fun;  pleasant;  happy;  delightful
 smirkingly;  broadly (grinning)
 such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener);  like that;  that sort of
 suffix for familiar person
 to have an interest (in something);  to feel inclined (toward doing something)
 to persevere;  to persist;  to insist that;  to stick to (one's opinion);  to remain in a place;  to stick to one's post
 Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
 each; (arch.)  you (plural)
 bureau;  department;  office (e.g. post, telephone);  broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio);  affair;  situation
 within the jurisdiction of
 explosion;  detonation;  eruption;  eruption (of discontent, etc.);  outburst;  outpouring
 accident;  incident;  trouble;  circumstances;  reasons
 outbreak;  spring forth;  generation (e.g. of power or heat);  genesis;  ontogeny;  development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
 report;  notification;  tip;  message (in information and communication theory)
 existing (at the present moment);  alright;  acceptable;  to be (usu. of inanimate objects);  to have
 renovation (e.g. a house);  redecoration;  makeover;  updating
 only;  merely;  approximately;  about;  just (finished, etc.);  as if to;  (as though) about to
 although;  despite;  whereas;  while;  if only;  I wish
 I wonder;  should I?;  is it?;  I wish that;  I hope that
 to step aside;  to move (i.e. out of the way);  to make way
 to stick through;  to force through;  to spread throughout;  to thoroughly diffuse;  to make a path between two points;  to proceed in a logical manner;  to let pass
 first floor;  ground floor;  one floor;  one storey;  one rank
 wife; (arch.)  my dear; (arch.)  dear;  garnish (esp. one served with sashimi);  embellishment
 to be (of animate objects);  to exist;  to stay;  to be ...-ing;  to have been ...-ing
 danger;  peril;  hazard;  risk
 to come down;  to go down;  to hang;  to dangle;  to move back;  to step back;  to deteriorate
 please (give me);  please (do for me)
 never mind that;  don't worry about that;  listen up
 truth;  reality;  proper;  right;  genuine;  authentic
 to pass (of time);  to elapse
 unrelated;  irrelevant;  unconcerned;  unconnected
 to put in;  to let in;  to admit;  to accept;  to accept;  to comply;  to include
 your husband;  her husband
 tightly (holding on);  firmly;  strongly (built);  solidly;  properly;  well
 seems;  I think;  I guess;  don't you agree?;  I thought you'd say that!
 to request;  to beg;  to call;  to order;  to entrust to;  to rely on
 no good;  not serving its purpose;  hopeless;  wasted;  cannot;  must not
 victim;  injured party;  sufferer
 woman;  female;  feminine gender
 to blow away;  to blow off;  to dispel;  to drive away;  to talk big
 somewhere;  anywhere;  in some respects
 head;  hair (on one's head);  mind;  brains;  leader;  chief;  top
 to hit;  to strike;  to strike (noon, etc.);  to sound (cymbals, etc.);  to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.);  to move;  to impress
 yes;  yeah;  huh?;  what?;  not;  's