to be stricken (e.g. with grief); to be battered (e.g. by disasters)
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; feeling exhausted; feeling drained
to collapse (physically or emotionally); to fall down
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
notice; attention; observation
preface; introduction; lead in (to a joke, question, etc.); lead up; payment in advance (by bank transfer); swinging (one's body) forward
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
each and all; every single one; everybody
to lie down; to throw oneself down
praise; glorification; extolment
email; mail; post; message (in an instant messaging application); instant message; male
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
set (of things); combo; setting up; preparing; setting (hair); set (in tennis, volleyball, etc.); set (in a play, film, etc.)
it can't be helped; so it goes
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
forever; eternally; for good; as long as one likes; indefinitely; endlessly
suppressed laugh; smile; giggle; chuckle
deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out
to fluff up (e.g. a futon); to retype (e.g. a letter)
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
(place) near by; (place) close by; (place) right next to; as soon as; right after
emergency; extreme; great; extraordinary
(eating) noisily; (chewing) with an open mouth; crumpled; creased; messy; disorderly
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
shaking one's legs (usu. unconsciously); tapping one's foot; fidgeting (of the legs)
Narita divorce; divorce of a newlywed couple upon returning (to Narita Airport) from their honeymoon abroad
absolutely; completely; utterly; really; simply; only
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
to be open (to traffic); to lead (to); to flow (of a liquid, current, etc.); to pass (through); to be conveyed (of an intention, meaning, etc.); to be understood (by); to be well versed (in)
firmly; solidly; sturdily; strongly; toughly
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
space alien; alien; extraterrestrial being
(juvenile) delinquent; Yankee; Yank; American
young motorcycle-riding delinquents; bōsōzoku
leader; leaders; dotted line; reader (textbook); reader (i.e. a person who reads); microreader
way of standing; dancer (in a Japanese dance performance)
high five; high touch (involvement of personal attention and service)
change; alternation; rotation; replacement; substitution; shift
light novel; young-adult fiction novel, typically illustrated in a manga art style