main question; real issue at hand
(time of) emergency; (in) event of emergency; (in) case of emergency
sensible; perceptive; quick to understand; understanding; sympathetic
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
bright white (esp. for snow and ice); brilliant white
initial value; initializing value; default value
numerical value; numerics; reading (on a meter, etc.)
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
starting a train (or bus, etc.) before all the passengers are on board; making a snap decision; starting an action without considering objections to it any longer
to talk; to chatter; to tell (e.g. secrets)
head house (family); birthplace; originator
skim reading; diagonal reading (e.g. as a simple code)
computer terminology; computer term
resemblance; similarity; likeness; analogy
(printed) instructions; manual; explanatory leaflet (pamphlet, note); description
inexpensive; cheap; easy; simple
halting (speech); faltering; stammering
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
boxed lunch bought at a station (often a local specialty); sexual position in which one person stands supporting the other
stand; stall; booth; kiosk; store
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
rematch (e.g. in sumo when the match is too close to decide)
unreserved seat; non-reserved seat
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; disappointed
to act up (machine); to go out of tune (instrument); to not work right; to be knocked off stride; to lose one's bearings; to lose one's presence of mind
gaining nothing by; getting nowhere by
strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
essence; true nature; substance; reality
compensation; equivalent value; consideration
bodily sensation; sense; experience
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive