at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
cooperation; coordination; link
first day (e.g. at work, school); day one
wonderful; astounding; marvellous
turnover rate (merchandise, capital)
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
renewal; update; innovation; improvement
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
intimidating air; sense of intimidation
before it happens; previously
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
visitor; attendee; spectator; guest; audience
inevitable; necessary; foregone; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus); server (in an online game)
(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength
to slip down; to slide down; to glide down
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
front; frontage; facade; main
carelessness; careless mistake; wetting oneself; soiling oneself; (arch.) crude; (arch.) coarse
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
to look away; to avert one's eyes
safe; in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); all right; OK
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to sprinkle water on (something); to spray water on; to splash water on; to hinder; to hamper; to stifle
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
colouring; coloring; sex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; interest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; charm
lovey-dovey; head-over-heels in love
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
stage of ennui (esp. in one's married life); period of lassitude; lethargic period; rut
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively