outflow; effluence; efflux; outflow (of people, capital, etc.); drain (of gold, talent, etc. from a country); leak (e.g. of personal information)
becoming an issue of public concern; becoming a societal problem
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
that is to say; so that means
often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to
weft; woof (crosswise threads on a loom)
blue mold; blue mould; penicillium
second; secondary; quadratic (function, equation, etc.); second-order; fictional (in relation to anime, manga, etc.); drawn
direction; trend; directionality; directivity; goal; aim
good; goodness; right; virtue
reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
bad name; bad reputation; disgrace; dishonour; dishonor; stigma
Ebisu; god of fishing and commerce
issue; offspring; paternal blood
large hole; big deficit; heavy losses; long-shot win (in horse racing, etc.); big winnings (on a long shot)
official name; formal name
failure; mistake; blunder
control; management; supervision
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
(Japanese-style) living room
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
quantity; amount; generosity; magnanimity; pramana (means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge; in Indian philosophy)
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
to try to do; to attempt to do
coming and going; recurring (esp. thoughts)
supply; provision; raising; procurement
to some extent; to a certain extent
touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency
to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad