right in the midst of; right at the height of
these days; nowadays; recently
how are things with you?; how are you doing?; how are you getting along?; how have you been?; how are you?
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
link; directory entry; rink
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
registration; accession; register; entry; record
please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
lower part; substructure; subordinate (office); good and faithful servant
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
improvement (to a piece of writing or painting); revision; correction; touching up
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
starting a train (or bus, etc.) before all the passengers are on board; making a snap decision; starting an action without considering objections to it any longer
annulment; abolition; repeal; rescission
main spindle; main shaft; linchpin; pivot; principal axis; main axis
world view; outlook on the world; Weltanschauung (philosophy); appearance of a world (e.g. in fiction)
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will
depending on the circumstances; due to (with modifying verb)
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
return; conclusion; reduction
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting
deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to write out; to make a fair copy; to rewrite
regret; flesh, blood vessels and fat from around chicken heart (usu. served as yakitori)
eta; group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system and whose work usually involved handling human bodies or animal carcasses
reopening; resumption; restarting
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
foundation; basis; bedrock; substrate (circuit board)
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
like this; this sort; this way
arriving at the final stop (of a bus, train, etc.); reaching the end of the line
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis