whim; caprice; fancy; capricious; fickle; whimsical
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
government; administration; ministry
baton (of command); order; command; direction
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
great hurry; great haste; rush
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
from the standpoint of; from the viewpoint of; on; above; the best; top
plunking (down something heavy); flumping (into a chair)
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
spot; point; place; position
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
melancholy; gloom; depression
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
not only ... but (also); as well as ...
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
husband and wife; married couple
(air) turbulence; turbulent air
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
(not) a single person; (no) one
to the extent possible; as much as possible; as far as possible; whenever possible; wherever possible; if (at all) possible
radio (communication); wireless; not using wires
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
rather; better; instead; if anything
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)