3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)
insipid; flat; dull; lifeless; listless
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
escape; flight; breakout; fleeing; desertion
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
be (that) as it may; having said that
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
without permission; without notice
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
much less; to say nothing of
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
to become hungry; to get an empty stomach
to collapse into; to flop onto
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)