to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
environment; circumstance
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
unable to get along; unable to cooperate; unable to hit it off; not seeing eye to eye
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
disaster; tragedy; tragic incident; horrible accident
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
to be twisted; to be wrapped; to be distorted
eruption; volcanic eruption
natural calamity; disaster
matter of concern and interest
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
meticulous; careful; discreet; scrupulous; prudent
to prevent; to take precautions
you could say; you might say; verging on the
nothing but; none other than
calamity; disaster; accident
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
loss and gain; advantage and disadvantage
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
traditional; conventional
three branch Tokugawa families (Owari, Kii, and Mito); big three; top three
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
curse; divine punishment; wrath (of an angry spirit)
continuation; succession; series
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why