to become fine (of fabric); to be checkmated; to be hard pressed; to be at a loss
prompt; immediate; in real time
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
to tell; to announce; to declare; to pass (a sentence); to order
lodging together; training camp; boarding house
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
Universal Studios Japan (theme park in Osaka)
half-hearted reply; vague answer; reluctant answer
snapping (e.g. book shut); clapping; crackling; pachinko
rank-deciding competitions (e.g. in go or shogi)
time; season; period; phase; stage
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
working overtime; detention; being kept in (e.g. after school)
discipline; punishment; reprimand
third day of the month; three days
this and that; one thing or another
food and drink; eating and drinking
existence; possession; having; limited company
among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once
taking a long time; slowness; sluggishness; lack of firmness; looseness; slovenliness
(with a) slap; smack; wham; sound of striking with something solid; zap; crack
done; just done; just finished
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
overprotective; excessive care; overprotection; overprotectiveness
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
in the end; at the end of the day
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
everything; anything; nothing
to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way
to have a talk; to tell a story
hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue