menu; schedule; program; (computer) menu
relatively; comparatively
masterpiece; best work; amusing blunder; funny mistake; boner
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
lately; recently; nowadays
when it comes to ...; concerning; where ... are concerned
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
marriage partner; spouse; wife-to-be; husband-to-be; future spouse
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
rapid economic growth (esp. that of Japan in the post-WWII period)
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
(physical) growth; development
speech; expression; wording; language
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
to visit one place after another without plan or effect; to gallivant about
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
long ago; previous; of a former age
certified public accountant
civil service examination
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
irritating; aggravating; upsetting
way of writing; manner of writing; penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy; format (e.g. of a report); stroke order of a character
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
to find a clear solution; to come to a clean decision; to give a clear explanation; to divide exactly (without remainder); to divide evenly
jumbling together; lumping together; mixing up
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do