perfunctory; apathetic; makeshift; slapdash; routine; usual
drawing a katana and attacking in the same stroke; doing (something) suddenly and without warning; doing without prior notice
mole; whistle-blower; informant; adulterer; adulteress
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
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)
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
morning edition (of a daily newspaper); morning paper
walking briskly; determinedly
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
important; essential; significant; major; key; principal
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
tooth; teeth; tooth (of a comb, saw, etc.); cog; support (of a geta)
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)
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)
job; work; duties; trade; skill
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
society regulations; club regulations; constitution
declaration of war; proclamation of war
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
easy; easygoing; carefree; happy-go-lucky; optimistic; leisurely
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
union; combination; association; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
homogenization; homogenisation
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around (sexually; esp. of a male homosexual); having an active sex life
to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in
outside ...; beyond ...; not included in ...
sports club (e.g. at school); sports department (e.g. in a newspaper)
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series; -type
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
totalization; totalisation; aggregation; tally (e.g. of votes); adding up; summing up
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
rate; ratio; one tenth; ten percent; (comparative) profit; gain; assignment