the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
Japanese pampas grass (Miscanthus sinensis); maiden silvergrass; zebra grass
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
home page; horsepower; HP; half-pipe (i.e. in snowboarding); HP (i.e. a 'hit point' in a role-playing game)
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
external (hard drive, disk drive, etc.)
side effect; adverse reaction
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency; shortage
oh my god; how; what the; incredible
curse; spell; malediction
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
senility; senile decay; infirmity (through age)
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
the problem (at issue); the point at issue; problematic issue; problem
to butt into a conversation (from someone uninvolved)
to find a clear solution; to come to a clean decision; to give a clear explanation; to divide exactly (without remainder); to divide evenly
disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
depending on the situation; depending on circumstances
to be a matter of life or death
to pass (of time); to elapse
busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive
ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)
to gain an advantage; to enjoy an advantage; to turn the tables (on)
turn (in line); order of things; sequential order
alchemy; way of making money; moneymaker; money-spinner
elementary level; beginner level