failure; rejection; rupture
cold; indifferent; unfriendly; unsympathetic; unkind
regretful; sorrowful; bitter; contrition
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
to miss a chance; to fail to do
refusing flatly; rejecting sternly
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
depending on; dependent on
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
landline telephone; fixed-line telephone
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
trivial; not amounting to much; not enough to cause a problem; not as much as expected
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
white heat; incandescence; becoming excited; getting heated (e.g. of a discussion); reaching a climax
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
with a clink (of metal); with a chink
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to squeeze; to wring out; to narrow down; to refine
danger; peril; hazard; risk
to get accustomed to using
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
prefectural border; prefectural boundary
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
to be needed; to be wanted
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
ten; 10; ten years of age
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
place; situation; position; location
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
Japanese citizen; Japanese citizens
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
advance; moving forward; progress