opportunity; chance; trigger; cause
to be helpful; to be useful
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
acquaintance; friend; familiar face
waiting for the traffic lights to change
fast-talking; rapid talking
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb
return; reaction; recovery; return (from a procedure)
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
unexpected; contrary to expectations; unforeseen
to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)
signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
reading partway; leaving half-read
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
polishing (e.g. essay); revision; elaboration; refinement; improvement
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
to get burned and stuck on (e.g. rice in a pan); to become uncollectable (e.g. debt or loan); to become irrecoverable; to remain unchanged (e.g. stock market)
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)