reliable; dependable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
I wonder about that; don't bet on it; famous last words
there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
emergency meeting; urgent meeting; emergency session; emergency conference
to put heads together; to gather (for discussion); to go into a huddle
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity; (online) comment
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
inscrutable; incomprehensible
way of speaking; intimation
feelings; thoughts; meaning
today and tomorrow; today or tomorrow; in a day or two; very soon
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
good offices; kind offices; services; mediation; intercession; conciliation
section manager; section chief
to move (to another area, country, etc.); to migrate
the Bon Festival and New Year; two great things (happening at the same time)
Moon; month; moonlight; (a) moon; natural satellite
no concern of mine; nothing to do with me
to stay behind; to remain; to work overtime
to head towards; to be inclined to go towards; to head for a place naturally
bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering
likely to do; liable to do; (quite) capable of doing; may (well) do; might do; could do
morning edition (of a daily newspaper); morning paper
to be clearly ahead of the competition; to stand out noticeably above one's rivals; to stand out from the crowd
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
disease common in middle-aged and elderly people; lifestyle disease
north of a lake; north of Lake Biwa
underpopulation; low population density; depopulation
to assert; to declare; to list (one by one); to enumerate; to spread rumours (rumors); to go on and on (about)
to hold a grudge; to hold something against someone
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)