acceleration; speeding up
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
virtuous cycle; self-reinforcing cycle; upward spiral
originally; by nature; from the start
already; now; no longer; not any more
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
all-purpose; utility; universal; all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
long sentence; long piece of writing (e.g. passage, letter, article, telegram)
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; marijuana; cannabis
to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; mercifully
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
long time; long interval; for quite some time
to maintain; to continue to have
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
absorption; suction; attraction
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
day after day; day by day
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
laziness; shirking; impudent; brazenly dishonest
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
sorry; excuse me; thank you