to wear glasses; to put on glasses
equally (talented, etc.); evenly; neck and neck; nip and tuck
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
research funds (expenses)
publicity or advertising expenses
else; in addition; on top of that; furthermore; further; besides
to arrive; to come to pass
prescription; formulation; formula; recipe
eye examination; optometry
equipping; installing; fitting; mounting; putting on
loss of eyesight; loss of vision; going blind; blindness
Central Community Chest of Japan
Japanese Council of Social Welfare
various; a variety of; all kinds of; many; diverse
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; part job (carried out at home); home industry; (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending
fat; grease; blubber; lard; suet
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
to dye; to colour; to color
to classify; to sort out; to sift through
manual labor; manual labour; manual procedures
journey; course; itinerary; stroke (of a piston); throw (of a switch)
country; territory; domain; realm
greening (i.e. planting to increase greenery); tree planting; afforestation
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
drowning; flood; shipwreck
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
traffic safety; driving safety; road safety
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
the good you do for others is good you do yourself; those who are kind benefit themselves; (lit.) compassion is not for other people's benefit; you can't save others (from themselves)
guest spending the night (i.e. at a hotel)
attached; belonging (to); included; enclosed; affiliated; annexed
party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner
remarkably; noticeably; considerably; appreciably
news; tidings; information; correspondence; letter
smooth; meticulous; painstaking; detailed
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
to start slowly; to lag behind