so-so; passable; now, now; there, there; my, my; oh my!
severe; strict; tough; hard
liberalization; liberalisation; freeing
foreign; abroad; overseas
(corporate) restructuring; downsizing; laying off (workers)
to get (very) cold; to get (much) colder; to feel very cold (of the body); to be chilled to the bone; to worsen (of relations, economic conditions, etc.); to decline
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
blood sugar level; blood glucose level
aspect; appearance; physiognomy (as an indication of one's fortune); aspect; phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous)
iron (steel) wire; Chinese clematis; Clematis florida; leather flower
Hakodate (city in Hokkaido)
placing (a person's) ashes inside a funerary urn (or a tomb or ossuary); interring ashes
(main) point; gist; key points; essentials; substance; summary
diamond; diamond; infield; diamonds (suit)
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
one by one; one after another; successively
subarachnoid hemorrhage; subarachnoid haemorrhage; SAH
cerebral hemorrhage; cerebral haemorrhage
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
to pay no heed to; to not care about; to take no notice of
to move along; to go alongside; to walk along; to follow; to run down (one's cheek, leg, etc.); to trickle down
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to add up to; to advance (in price)
early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm); dusk
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason
along (a river, coast, railway, etc.); on (e.g. a street)
left side; left-hand side
(doing) together; one lump; one mixture; the same; identical; (at) the same time
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
glasses; eyeglasses; judgment; judgement; four-eyes
to remake; to remold; to remould; to convert; to reconstruct; to adapt
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
even though; despite; when
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring