at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
Christmas Eve; holy night
in the middle of something; busy with something; in commotion as a result of something untoward happening; currently importing or capturing data
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days
twenty-fourth day of the month; twenty-four days
ceremony held at the end of a school term; end-of-term ceremony
workload; quantity of work; work rate; units produced
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
schedule; program; programme; agenda
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
time; season; period; phase; stage
personal feelings; self-interest
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
that is to say; so that means
absolutely; positively; decidedly
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold
refrigerator; cold; cool; cold sake
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
serious reply (response) (e.g. in 2ch threads)
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
first challenge; first try
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
to be able to manage somehow or another
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
anyone and everyone; anybody at all
what do you want?; can I help you?
present; gift; to give a present or gift
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention