playfulness; playful mood; imaginativeness
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
quantitative; concerning the quantity
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
to be able to manage somehow or another
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
analysis; analytical study; parsing; parse
worthy of; worth doing; worth having
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
taking part on the spur of the moment; participating without registering beforehand; last-minute entrant; specking on flower petals
firm; unshakeable; resolute
twentieth day of the month; twenty days
twenty-second day of the month; twenty-two days
twenty-first day of the month; twenty-one days
to enter; to trespass; to interfere; to meddle; to pry into
to make sense; to be meaningful
an extra effort; going the extra mile; one final push
to throw into; to toss into
even so; anyhow; at any rate
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
end of broadcast; sign-off
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
if you don't mind; if you like; if you feel up for it; if you're interested
career; carrier (disease, signal, warship, etc.); carrier; telephone company; career government employee
personnel affairs; human affairs; human resources; HR
long telephone conversation; being on the phone for a long time
to take a breather; to take a rest; to catch one's breath; to take a breath
freely; frankly; without reserve
to approach the finale; to come to a close