potentiality; dormancy; latency
menu; bill of fare; program; programme; schedule
Hikaru Genji; The Shining Genji
patient; having a long fuse
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation
busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses
this and that; various things
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
gambling; gaming; speculation; undertaking a risky venture; (arch.) professional gambler; (arch.) gamester
if you do this; if this is the case
gain; profit; benefit; amplification
hit (film, song, book, etc.); bestseller; blockbuster
staff; stuff; stuffing; filling
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
moss; short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)
example; illustration; precedent
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
too many to count; too numerous to mention
for better or worse; luckily or unluckily
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
the same as always; day after day
personnel; members; lineup (of a team); announcement of next day's match-ups
living room (Western style); sitting room
hastily made; improvised preparation
selection; classification; sorting; screening; triage
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
applicant; candidate; person interested in doing something; person wanting to do something; interested party; volunteer
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
follower; attendant; valet; servant
to visit frequently; to haunt
small private school (esp. for cramming); private school (in the Edo period, orig. run by Confucianists)
travelling incognito (traveling); special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to miss (a train, bus, etc.); to fail to keep up with (e.g. the times); to be left behind by
children; sons; (lit.) children and younger brothers; young people
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
winners (those who have succeeded socially, economically, etc.)
losers (those who have 'failed' socially, economically, etc.)
construction; establishment