meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
at the top of one's voice
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to roar; to reverberate; to be well-known; to be famous; to palpitate; to throb
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
arrival in Japan; coming to Japan; visit to Japan
public performance; exhibition in a foreign country
sauce; Worcestershire sauce
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters; get-well gifts; get-well letters; expression of sympathy; expression of concern
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
ridge (of roof); back of a sword; counter for buildings, apartments, etc.
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
severe (injury, handicap, etc.); serious
the opposite direction; the other way
double room; room shared by two people; shared room
same room; sharing a room; occupying the same room
absence; disregard; indifference
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
falling down; tumbling; reversing; inverting; getting upset
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic