processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
interval; break; pause; gap (between objects); interval; opening
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 keep watch over; to keep an eye on; to watch intently; to stare; to gaze
long ago; a long time ago; already
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
record; record-setting; record-breaking
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; to offset
why; how; for what reason
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point
as (it is); remaining (in a state); with (e.g. one's eyes closed, the light on); while (e.g. standing, alive); as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); according to
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; anymore; 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; 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
accurate; precise; exact; appropriate; apt; right
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
to mistake (for something or 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 be captivated (by); to be infatuated (with)