assuming that ...; supposing that ...
to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings
to become broken; to break down; to be crazy; to be nuts; to be infatuated with; to be outdone (by someone)
not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means
to have two things (at the same time) (e.g. good and bad points); to also have something (in addition to something else)
reading too much into (what ... says)
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
genuine; authentic; true; real
personality; individuality; TV personality; celebrity
jump; jumping event (skiing, track and field); jumping (to another page after clicking a hyperlink); jump (in price); sudden rise
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
count; counting; count of balls and strikes; count (after a knock-down in boxing); count (of radioactivity)
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
charm; incantation; spell; curse
stomach-ache; stomach pain; gastralgia
good luck charm; uttered when using magic; abracadabra; presto
to write the kanji for "person" on one's hand three times and mimic swallowing them (as a technique for calming one's nerves)
crowd (e.g. of spectators); huge audience
to be taken for granted; to be generally accepted; to be the established wisdom; to be the (social) convention; to be the customary thing to do
ingredient; component; composition
to know (a person); to think
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
approval; acceptance; recognition; private seal; signet
false accusation; pretext; picking a quarrel; committing oneself
to detain; to check; to restrain
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
at the very beginning of one's speech; the first thing (one) says after opening the mouth
like this; this sort; this way
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
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
space alien; alien; extraterrestrial being
novel; original; new; innovative
receiving (a message, letter, email, etc.); reception (radio, TV, etc.)