reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
elementary level; beginner level
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
temporary construction; temporary establishment; provisional construction; assumption; supposition
breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd); dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.); winding-up; dissolution (of the Diet, Parliament, etc.)
upper level; upper grade; high rank; advanced level; senior level; upper class
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
in spite of; despite; although; regardless of; irrespective of
achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record
four; 4; four years of age; ten o'clock (in the old time system); burakumin; cross grips
foreign country; another country; another province; strange land; alien land
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
disgrace; discredit; dishonor; dishonour; blot; shame
woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
selection; sorting; culling; screening; triage
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
enormous; gargantuan; immense; ridiculously large
bulletin board; display board; notice board; electronic bulletin board; BBS
to deal a blow in return; to hit back; to punch back; to reject; to send back
fierce look; frightening look; tough look; aggressive attitude; coercive attitude; taking a hard line
popular name; common name; given name
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable
to pick a fight (with); to find fault (with)
glib; smooth-talking; silver-tongued
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)
ability; capacity; capability; physical strength
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
number of persons; personnel
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
penalty for contract breach; forfeit
occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development
depending on; dependent on