hollow; mid-air; air; sky
expected; anticipated; hoped for; expectation
to give and take; to make mutual concessions; to compromise
deadlock; stalemate; impasse; dead end
redundant keigo (i.e. improper use of the -rareru honorific form together with an honorific verb such as ossharu)
knothole; peep-hole; bad eyes
in that way; like that; that way
whether one likes it or not; whether willing or not; willy-nilly
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
pushy; pushing; self-assertive
portable shrine (carried in festivals); palanquin; buttocks; lower back
portable shrine (carried in festivals); buttocks; lower back; waist
line; queue; procession; matrix
person that annoys or causes trouble; false alarm
Japanese style; Japanese fashion
degree of perfection; level of completion; degree of completion
twenty-sixth day of the month; twenty-six days
column (e.g. in newspaper); stand-alone feature article framed by a box
innovative; liberal; reformist; progressive
monolith; large slab of rock
interview (i.e. television, newspaper, etc.)
need for social approval and self-esteem
viewing and treating as one; regarding as the same; equating one thing with another; identification
to extol; to laud; to sing the praises of
gentle (nature, personality, etc.); mild; quiet; moderate (statement, measure, etc.); mild; temperate