crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to prevent; to take precautions
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
to sell wholesale; to grate (e.g. vegetables); to cut up fish
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
Stampede (The Doobie Brothers album)
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
chief; main; principal; important
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
dealing with; coping with
initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course
grabbing; taking (as much as one can hold) by the hand
insistence; (major) emphasis; stress
to overflow from something full
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
getting rich quick; making a killing; making a fortune at a single stroke
to supply (goods, money, etc.); to cover (costs); to pay; to give board; to provide meals
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant
to miss a chance; to miss an opportunity
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
accompanying; being accompanied by; going with