urgent; requiring quick (response)
guidance; showing the way; guide; guidepost; signpost; waymark
in the morning; during the morning
asleep (in bed); sick in bed
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
to cease; to stop; to be over
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
main point; gist; essentials; bones (e.g. of an idea); pith
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
about when; about what time; how soon
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
to get someone to say; to make someone say
twenty-seventh day of the month; twenty-seven days
radio programme; radio program
pseudonym used when calling in or writing to a radio program
postcard; memo; note; card
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges); combined party; mixer; two or more groups, esp. female and male students, combining for a party
completely unknown (usu. of people); unfamiliar; complete (stranger)
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
program (e.g. TV); programme
practice-swinging (sword, bat, tennis racket, etc.)
extremely rich person; multimillionaire; billionaire; daifugō; daihinmin; Japanese card game similar to President
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
listeners' corner (portion of radio programming for correspondence from listeners)
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
leaving (fleeing) the capital
local rule; house rule; ground rule
precondition; prerequisite
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
televising; broadcasting; airing
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
fan-tan (card game); sevens; parliament
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)