hotcake; (American) pancake
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
settlement (of affairs); remedial measures; cleaning up afterwards
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
fullness; completion; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
same; similar; (just) like; equal
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
to get a (driver's) license
field of activities; area of activity; range of behavior (behaviour); habitat
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
halving; splitting evenly; sharing equally
gasoline (money); petrol (cost)
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
living room (Western style); sitting room
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
to make (tea, coffee, etc.); to brew a beverage (with hot water)
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
family; members of a family