expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
and; thereupon; because of that
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
single word; a few words; brief comment
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
to say no more; to sink into silence
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
fiscal year (usu. April 1 to March 31 in Japan); financial year; academic year; school year; product year
losses; deficit; amount in the red
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
a little over; a little more than; powerhouse; one of the biggest; upper (seismic intensity)
cumulative debt; debt accumulation
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
10^12; 1,000,000,000,000; trillion; sign; omen; indication
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
physical distribution; distribution of goods; logistics
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
to leap out (e.g. onto the stage); to spring out; to jump (e.g. into first place); to shoot (e.g. to the top); to come to the forefront
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
to grumble; to gripe; to complain
sharing; share (on social media); market share
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?