considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
to say; to speak; to tell; to be called
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
with a friendly grin; smilingly
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
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)
tactician; schemer; intriguer; resourceful person
to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
from out of nowhere; from who knows where
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
to telephone; to make a phone call
nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding (a runner) on base
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
about this time; about now
he; she; this; this one; hey, you!; you bastard!
unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with
willingly; voluntarily; of one's own accord
career track; promotional track; fast track; upward mobility
and yet; though; when; in spite of
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
record; document; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.)
renewal; update; replacement; renovation; breaking (a record)
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
defense; defence; protection
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
weather; fair weather; fine weather
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
tension; strain; tensions (between countries, groups, etc.); tonus; muscle tone
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still