telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
in comparison to; rather than
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
Sapporo (city in Hokkaido)
Fukuoka (city, prefecture)
closely contested constituency; highly competitive marketplace; (fig.) battleground
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
totalization; totalisation; aggregation; tally (e.g. of votes); adding up; summing up
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
Kinki (region around Osaka, Kyoto, Nara)
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
Saitama (city, prefecture)
every place; various places
public welfare; the people's livelihood
party (political); person who is fond of; fan of
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
once in a lifetime; the first and last occurrence (event, experience) of one's lifetime
big moment (e.g. performance, in the spotlight); gala occasion; (on the) world stage
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
mallow (any plant of family Malvaceae); Asarum caulescens (species of wild ginger); hollyhock
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop