new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
keep up your strength; chin up!
taking over; handing over; transfer of control; inheriting; passing on the baton
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
study; diligence; discount; reduction
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
hooray; yay; whee; yowzer; whoopee; yes
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end; after all
rolled egg; rolled omelette (omelet); fried egg; frying pan for making rolled eggs
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
to appear in the newspaper
big hit; smash hit; popular item (e.g. movie, music)
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
(sense of) presence; realism; ambiance
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
what the?; what's that?; what are you doing?; what's going on?
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
such; this sort of; like this
shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
furigana; kana over or beside kanji to indicate pronunciation
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
distinction (e.g. between right and wrong, public and private, etc.)
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
wedding hall; marriage hall; wedding place; wedding location
something; some kind of; for some reason
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment