process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; set of two (one large, one small); pair (for husband and wife); his and hers (e.g. teacups)
settlement of accounts; closing accounts; financial results; reporting (of accounts)
physician in private practice; town doctor; doctor who served the townspeople (as opposed to the emperor, a daimyo, etc.)
state-of-the-art; cutting-edge
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
morbid; unhealthful; insalubrious
compatibility; coexistence; standing together; balancing (e.g. work and family)
cordial welcome; hearty welcome; kind treatment; hospitality
to add (to); to add on; to append
reversal; return; return gift; return favour; barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
when it comes to; concerning (an area of expertise)
talented; gifted; prodigious; virtuoso; masterful
good performance; good work; great success
repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
simpleton; dimwit; sluggard
to be intimate with; to befriend
curtain raising; starting (e.g. play, concert)
mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice
focus of one's attention; what one is looking for; viewpoint; point one is trying to make
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
leading; guiding; commanding
kindergarten pupil; kindergartener; preschooler; child in daycare
to take along; to hold in the hand; to hang (e.g. from the shoulder or waist)
using all one's strength; using all one's might
handbrake; parking brake; emergency brake
jack; knave; (electrical) jack; hijack; hijacking
high-rise apartment building; high-rise condominium; tower block