maiden flight (e.g. of an aircraft)
home area; home town; local
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
place; situation; position; location
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
hey there; I say; see here
the "a" column of the Japanese syllabary table (a, i, u, e, o)
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
genuine article; real thing; real deal
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order
guarantee of safety; ensuring safety
(stage) appearance; performance; participation (e.g. in a tournament)
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
power; authority; jurisdiction
bureaucratic routine; red tape
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.); to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.); to show signs of
while; even though; despite
base; basis; base (e.g. military); depot; base; base bag
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
mechanism; organization; organisation
large number (of); many; majority
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit
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
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish