effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
to be noisy (e.g. from people talking); to be discomposed (e.g. feelings)
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
girl's feeling; maiden's mind
solicitude; consideration; concern; (excessive) kindness
nothing new; same as always; an old story; nothing new about it; not the first time it has happened
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
actual state (of things); real state; live; on-the-scene; reporting live; live coverage
very busy (person or thing)
filling a vacancy; supplementation; substitute; deputy; alternate
to put one's palms together (e.g. when praying or asking for something); to place one's hands together; to compete against somebody; to play (a game, match, etc.) against somebody
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
title; subject; problem (on a test); question; counter for questions (on a test)
all; entire; whole; altogether
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...
in any way; to some extent; even if only a little
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
in name only; titular; nominal
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
production (e.g. play); direction
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
way out; means to escape; escape route
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
serious; not joking; straight
scoring; score; points made; marks obtained; goals; runs