predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
medical expenses; doctor's bill
incredible; extraordinary; exceptional; phenomenal
dress; attire; clothing; getup; outfit; personal appearance
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); ham actor
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
payment (system) for medical services
most of all; extremely; supremely
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
to score points with (a person)
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)
claim; demand; charge; application; request; billing (for a service)
two places; two spots; two locations; two parts; two passages
including a sum of money in one's calculations; appropriation (a sum of money)
beauty or ugliness; personal appearance; looks
ass; arse; rear; end; acupuncture point; hole
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
taking no notice; ignoring; not even looking at
tag; label; game of tag; tag-team match; working together as a team
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; middle class (of a nursery school, etc.)
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy; depressing
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
formidable; not to be sneered at; not to be made light of
pachinko; mechanical gambling game superficially resembling pinball; slingshot; catapult; pistol
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
impassioned speech; fervent speech
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
belief; faith; conviction
(a) vein; (a) thread (of connection)
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
dilution; watering down; inflation (of budget, claim, etc.); padding
false invoice; false billing