weekly publication; weekly magazine
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
opinion; point of view; visual point
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
generalization; generalisation; popularization; to generalize; to generalise; to popularize
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak
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 make the most of the present; to live for the moment; to seize the day
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
even more; still more; further
to step forward; to take a step forward; to start on a project, etc.; to take the first step with
highest grade; superlative degree
multiplication table; times table
chapter one; first chapter
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
reduction by half; halving
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
Golden Week (early-May holiday season in Japan)
small tool; gadget; (stage) properties; prop; prop master
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
ordinary; nothing special; nothing to exclaim over
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
mental condition; state of mind; mentality
prone (to); liable (to); apt (to); tending (to)
person concerned; interested party; related party
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
in advance; beforehand; previously
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
reading (the parts one is interested in); reading here and there; skimming through; reading word by word; reading only the parts one can understand
to be of use as a reference; to be helpful
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from