drainage; draining; sales
longish; moderately long; somewhat long; fairly long
mountain (or hill) behind a house, village, etc.; side of a mountain that gets little sunshine; envious; jealous
fall; decrease; knocking down; flooring; being out of action (due to illness, exhaustion, etc.); being down (e.g. with a cold); going down (of a computer system, server, etc.)
job hunting; job searching
constant; invariable; chronic; everlasting
getting rich quick; making a killing; making a fortune at a single stroke
immovable; motionless; firm; Acala (Wisdom King); Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity
very popular; highly favoured
publication; edition (e.g. morning, evening, special); published in (year); publication frequency (e.g. daily, monthly)
having no thought for; having no consideration for; disregarding; overlooking; (arch.) being found not guilty (in an Edo-period court); (arch.) acquittal
bookworm; bibliophile; bibliophage
small number; few; minority
well, ...; right, ...; now, ...
progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
sending back; return to sender
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding; approval; consent
peaking out; peaking; passing the peak; declining (after reaching a peak)
solitarily; in a lonely fashion; all alone; by oneself
to become dull; to become lifeless; to get bored; to lose interest; to lose value after a peak (e.g. stock); to weaken (of the market)
study of foreign languages; linguistics
everybody; every last one of them; all
underpopulation; low population density; depopulation
annoyance; irritation; vexation; abdominal spasms; convulsions; cramps
duty; obligation; responsibility
kanji used as a phonetic symbol, instead of for the meaning; phonetic-equivalent character; substitute character; kanji used for their meaning, irrespective of reading
sobbing; weeping; whimpering
guide; tour guide; guidebook; guide (on a fishing rod); guide ring
foreign-owned enterprise; company with capital participation by a foreign company; foreign-affiliated firm; alien corporation; foreign company
in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert
abstract (e.g. art, music); abstract art; abstract (e.g. of a paper); summary
this thesis; this article; the article under consideration
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
regular (periodic) examination
foreign capital (e.g. in a company); foreign investment
original document (not a copy or adaptation); book in its original language (esp. a European language)
each country; every country; various countries; all countries