essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
(one's) gaze; line of sight; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (to obscure their identity); eye censor bar
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
elucidation; explicit statement; specification
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
like it or not; like or not like
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker
to snatch (from someone); to tear (away); to steal
payment made via bank deposit transfer; discarding a tile that becomes another player's winning tile
to make a payment via bank deposit transfer; to discard another player's winning tile
Okayama (city, prefecture)
dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); younger stepbrother
every year; yearly; annually
none of your business; not your concern
war funds; war chest; funds (for activities); campaign funds
(at a rate of) once a month; 10 percent monthly interest
to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict
to crowd (a house); to throng to (a door)
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
under-the-table payoff; offer of an illegal profit
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
relevant source; well-informed source; interested parties
resignation (from a position)
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
to be transmitted; to be conveyed; to be leaked; to be passed along
inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)
to moisten; to wet; to profit; to enrich; to benefit
(appearing, occurring) one after another
to bring into the open; to reveal; to uncover (e.g. evidence); to bring to light
to follow in succession; to happen one after another
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
sudden fall; sharp fall; sudden drop; sharp drop
National Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1947-); Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947); legislative assembly; parliament
racing (of an engine); idling; going in circles (of an argument, discussion, etc.); spinning one's wheels; going nowhere