interval; break; pause; spare moment
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
year on year; on the previous year
many; numerous; various; large number of
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
to watch over; to watch attentively
long ago; already; a long time ago
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
sudden rise; sharp rise; boom; skyrocketing
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
to make up for; to compensate for
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
any more; any further; any better; any longer
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
classic example; classic case; textbook example; representative example; typical case
precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
to mistake someone for someone else; to misread; to misjudge
regret; repentance; remorse
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
stingily; tightfistedly; in a miserly manner; naggingly
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
circulation (money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (air, water, etc.); ventilation; negotiable (e.g. shares); distributional