this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
germination; germ; sprout; bud; sign
of no concern at all; no skin off my nose
to set a deadline; to fix a time limit
agitation; stirring; whipping; beating
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
blockage; blockade; blocking up; stoppage; obstruction; occlusion
(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of
impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned
to continue to work; to work away (at)
to fall on one's shoulders (e.g. responsibility, duty)
(a feeling of) identification (with); sense of belonging
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
to start the debate; to get the ball rolling; to fire the first shot; to start a conversation
can be; can exist; can stay; cannot help but ...
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
increase and decrease; fluctuation
decrease; reduction; decline
to have a certain mood or feeling; to have a hunch
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
now that; since; as long as; provided that
having many difficulties in store; grim prospects
preface; introduction; preamble
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
degree (of something); greatness or smallness (of something); quantity; number; amount; size
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
division; section; demarcation; (traffic) lane; compartment; classification
pushing though; bulldozing; doing something by force; arm twisting
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
covert action; covert operations
to participate in (as a member); to get involved in
may I ask (for); might I ask (that)
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
bull; bulldog; bulldozer; bourgeois; bourgeoisie
bloody; gory; covered in copious amounts of blood; desperate; frantic
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?