positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under
presumption; assumption; estimation
in bad shape; not doing well; not going well; out of condition; in poor form
slight; little; insignificant
report; notification; tip; message (in information and communication theory)
decision; settlement; definition
including a sum of money in one's calculations; appropriation (a sum of money)
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
to collect; to gather; to compile; to arrange; to settle
proposition; motion; proposal; suggestion
action of making something; -ification
to turn towards; to point
bout (in sports, etc.); match; effort; initiative; dealing with
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
promotion; acceleration; encouragement; facilitation; spurring on
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
excessive; too much; unreasonable
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
medicine; Pharmaceutical and Food Safety Bureau
to be the work of; to be the result of; to be done by; to concern; to affect; to involve
treatment; service; handling; management
much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner
on the occasion of; at the time of
various foreign countries; several foreign countries
basic principle; fundamental principle
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
to put to use; to make use of; to turn to account
awareness of the issues; (having a) critical mind; concerns
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
in the future; another day; later