adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to
drawn-out (protracted) war or contest
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm
ready wit; quick wits; resourcefulness; raising (money)
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
to handle; to manage; to deal with; to rear; to look after
trade; business; trading; turnover; sales; takings
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
territory; domain; dominion; possession; sphere of action
to slam into; to crash into; to run into; to face (trouble, difficulties, etc.); to confront
unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
recital (i.e. of music, by a pupil); presentation (e.g. product launch)
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
study; research; investigation
to be performed (on the stage); to be in the limelight
hedge; fence; border; limit
to throw at; to turn; to raise
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
smallish; on the small side
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
(swimming) pool; pool (billiards); pool (together)
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
to think of; to come up with
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places
piece of cake; a walk in the park