to make someone's acquaintance; to become acquainted (with)
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
to settle (in a place); to settle down
human rights; civil liberties
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
livelihood protection; public assistance; welfare
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
day something goes on sale; date of issue; release date
to feel gloomy; to feel blue; to feel melancholy
quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on
toast; congratulatory cup
trial and tribulation; hardships; privations; difficulties
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
family; clan; sect; school; group of related sumo stables
Mount Fuji; Mt. Fuji; Fujiyama; Fuji-san
airsoft (war game using air guns firing plastic pellets); game of survival
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture
social conditions; phase of life; (sign of) the times; state of society
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
house; plastic greenhouse; house music; go to your kennel (cage, bed, etc.)!
difficult to be (in a place); not feeling like staying
under the tracks; area under the girders of a railway or highway (often used for shops, bars, etc.)
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
bungalow; one-story house
precise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute; close
counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets
night-vision scope; night scope