outline; summary; gist; basic points
grasp; catch; understanding
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
tolerance level; permissible range; acceptable limits
suddenly; all at once; rapidly
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
to continue to increase; to continue to mount
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
(time of) emergency; (in) event of emergency; (in) case of emergency
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
in the same manner as before; the same as always
business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
natural; reasonable; understandable
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
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
practical use; application; conjugation; inflection
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
those (near the second person)
unavailable; unobtainable; not available
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
watching a (sports) game; spectating; observing (military operations)
to collect; to assemble; to gather
to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)
human relations; personal relationships
to increase; to add to; to augment
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
way (of doing); manner; method; means
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
confections; sweets; candy; cake