speed; velocity; pace; velocity
almost every day; almost daily
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
one thin flat object; one sheet
already; now; no longer; not any more
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
molding; moulding; shaping; modelling (i.e. plastic arts); modeling
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
local governor (Edo period); local magistrate; bailiff; deputy official (middle ages); acting administrator
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
over-optimistic calculation; counting one's chickens before they're hatched
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
name; given name; first name
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to bring; to take; to bring about
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
of course; certainly; naturally
long ago; already; a long time ago
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than