to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
coherence; order; focus; point
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
full up; to have had enough of something (both good and bad nuance)
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
going out; one's best clothes; formal (e.g. language); best (behaviour, manners, etc.)
one's (only) good suit (or kimono)
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
meek; gentle; modest; praiseworthy; admirable
opening (for that day's business; of a library, museum, cinema, etc.); opening (of a new library, museum, cinema, etc.)
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
only; merely; but; no more than
adult; grown-up; person who has come of age; fully fledged; established; qualified
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
troublesome; difficult (e.g. customer, guest, child); laborious (e.g. task, dinner)
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
home ground; home field; one's haunt; one's stamping ground; one's domain
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to change completely; to switch (to); to shift (to another mode)
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
to accept somebody's challenge; to take up the gauntlet
(degree of) seriousness; level of commitment
shape of the "dai" kanji (esp. person with arms and legs outstretched); sprawling; lying spread-eagled
and yet; though; when; in spite of