imitative sound (in film, theatre, etc.); sound effect
boom; bang; wham; Oh my God!; What a shock!
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
economic conditions; economic situation; financial situation; financial circumstances
sum; surface-to-air missile; SAM
triumphant; exultant; in high and proud spirits
start of work; commencement; opening
to hesitate; to think twice; to flinch; to get cold feet
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)
to recover; to rally; to improve; to pick up
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
program (e.g. theatre, theater); programme; (theatrical) piece; number; performance
rice ball coated with sweetened red beans, soybean flour or sesame
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.
descent; fall; drop; passing down (of an order, decree, etc.)
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
ruggedly; jaggedly; stiffly; choppy (e.g. graphics); lagged; clunky
nervous temperament; worrier's disposition
not funny; not a laughing matter; not a joke
with a bang bang (sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace (spend money, work); with great vigor
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
change (of personnel); reshuffle (e.g. of a cabinet); shake-up; dismissal (e.g. of a minister); replacement
unreliable; uncertain; indefinite; unclear
to be certain of; to have faith in; to believe completely; to trust (someone completely)
addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones
rising rapidly (e.g. prices, popularity); soaring; skyrocketing; going through the roof