enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
summer vacation; summer holiday
early to bed early to rise
physical condition; state of health
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength
usually; ordinarily; always; continuous; 24-hour (operation, care, etc.); constant
rising rapidly (e.g. prices, popularity); soaring; skyrocketing; going through the roof
to make merry; to be festive
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
sound of something striking repeatedly (e.g. wooden clappers); something small hopping repeatedly; touching lightly and repeatedly; punctuation marks such as the dakuten; Chonchon; South American mythical bird
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
verbal message; word (from someone)
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
dealing appropriately (with a situation); taking proper measures; handling (an issue) carefully; making the best of (a bad bargain)
as usual; as always; as ever; as before; still
cold; chilly; cold (attitude, stare, etc.); frigid; composed; cool
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
in good health; alive and well; going strong
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
if I'm forced to say something; if anything; if I must say; if I must choose
to summon; to get used to call
instead; but (on the other hand)
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
(not even) a little; (not even) a tiny bit
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
to push in; to force into; to break in (e.g. into a house); to intrude
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
sorry; excuse me; thank you
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
to project; to protrude; to pop out (e.g. eyes); to jump out; to rush out
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about