meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
delivery pizza; home-delivered pizza
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
evaluation meeting; postmortem session; review meeting
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
though; notwithstanding; although
for dear life; barely escaping alive
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
how; in what way; how about
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
supreme ruler; generalissimo; president (of Taiwan); führer; fuehrer
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
name; given name; first name
of course; certainly; naturally
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to name; to call; to christen; to term
boss; leader; head; boss (difficult enemy, usu. at the end of a section or level)
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
inexpensive; cheap; easy; simple
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)