tidying up; clearing up; cleaning up; clearing away; putting in order
physical examination; medical checkup; frisking; pat-down; search
change; alternation; rotation; replacement; substitution; shift
break room; lounge (e.g. in an onsen); resting room
force (bulldoze) one's way through
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to leave tracks; to leave footprints
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
full dress; formal dress; uniform
to dress oneself up; to deck oneself out
self-evident truth; obvious fact; truism; axiom
to write down; to record; to register
National Science Foundation (USA); NSF
various; many; all kinds of
what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well
prophet; predictor; prognosticator
oracle; revelation; divine message
on the desk; theoretical; academic; armchair (e.g. plan)
to look after; to take care (of); to favor; to gaze at; to stare at; to set one's eyes on
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
ultimate; final; last; eventual
vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment; vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde
to cause to swell; to inflame
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
empty gun; gun loaded with blanks; firing a blank
social life; social intercourse
to save face; to show deference; to make someone look good
crossed line; crossing of wires; crosstalk; getting mixed up (of different topics in a conversation); confusion; (talking at) cross-purposes
paper plane; paper airplane; paper aeroplane
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
to throw up (e.g. mud); to splash (up); to flip up; to tip up; to raise sharply (e.g. prices); to hike
contrary to one's expectations
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region