making efficient; optimization
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
rather; better; instead; if anything
day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day
prohibition of use (of); ban on using (something)
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
to be saved up (of money)
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
timewasting; killing time
numerical value; numerics; reading (on a meter, etc.)
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
something like ...; something called ...
inquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; mercifully
Now let's return to the main subject; To return from the digression,.. (in a conversation, speech, or story-telling)
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
to imitate; to follow; to emulate
to happen to hear; to overhear
contest decided by a single round (bout); contest decided by a single roll of dice; one-shot game (contest); make-or-break game
in any way; to some extent; even if only a little
had better ...; had better not ...
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered