original story (as opposed to a sequel, spin-off, etc.); main story; this volume; the movie (as opposed to the trailers; at a movie theater); feature film (main item in a cinema program); movie based on a TV series
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
of course; certainly; naturally
activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
for example; for instance; e.g.
one mountain; pile (of something); heap; hump; worst part; large profit
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
exactly; just; right (when); just (as); just (about to); on the point of
fried finely minced daikon, great burdock, carrot and shiitake mushrooms wrapped with crumbled tofu in dried beancurd and deep-fried; Japanese tofu and vegetable chowder; (arch.) black soybean sprouts fried in sesame seed oil wrapped in dried beancurd and stewed
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
leaving (a hall, meeting, stadium, etc.); exit; walkout; exit (from the stage); leaving the stage
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
throwaway; disposable; single-use
continuing to pitch; staying at one's post; staying on at work
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)
correct answer; right solution; correct interpretation; right decision; right choice; appropriate judgement
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
these guys; these fellows
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
such; this sort of; like this
young girl; lass; adolescent female
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
in any case; regardless; either way; since it makes no difference anyway (you might as well ...); since it won't change the outcome; if you are doing it regardless
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period
paltry; trifling; piddling; stud; small protuberance
nothing but; except; no more than
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
person around forty years old (esp. a woman)
company; lot; people; troupe; company (of musicians)
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model