event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
technology; technique; technical
dirty joke; blue joke; indecent topic; bawdy subject; sex talk
lovey-dovey; head-over-heels in love
urbanization; urbanisation
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
soaked; drenched; sopping; incessantly (raining); drizzling
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
electrical appliances; electric appliances
when it comes to; concerning (an area of expertise)
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
morbid; unhealthful; insalubrious
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness
popular person; favorite; favourite
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
power balance; balance of power
harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement
matter for great congratulation
gong (instrument); gong (sound at the end of round, etc.)
to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again
pro wrestling; professional wrestling
technique; art; skill; move
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn