common knowledge; widely known; known to everybody
more than ... years; -odd years
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
dilated cardiomyopathy; DCM
decision; ruling; award; arbitration
to be enthusiastic (about); to be eager (to do); to be keen; to be intent (on); to be determined
van (of a movement); vanguard; forefront
advocate; disputant; debater; (present) writer; author
(pressing) hard; badgeringly; pesteringly; repeatedly; urgingly
defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency; shortage
to praise; to extol; to hail; to laud; to celebrate
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
(enactment of) legislation; lawmaking; legislative
change to ...; becoming ...; making into ...; -ization; -ification
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; effect
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
tall figure; high stature
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; indeed; really
single-handedly (usu. of a female raising children); on one's own; as a single mother
to look after; to take care (of); to favor; to gaze at; to stare at; to set one's eyes on
to enter (house, room, etc.); to step in
rate of advancement to the next higher level of education
advancing to the next stage of education; going on to (high school, college, etc.)
several people; a few people
leaving school (at the end of the day); getting out of school; coming home from school
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
sudden braking; slamming on the brakes
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
ground; earth's surface; land; lot; plot
boxer (fighter); boxer (dog breed)
matte (finish, colour, etc.); matt; mat; matte (metallurgy)
classmate; friend in the same class
base (logarithmic, exponential, number system); radix; base (triangle, cone, cylinder, etc.); type; kind
emergency and critical care centre (center)
blow; hit (on the body); beating
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être; ikigai
play; sport; romp; frolic; joke; prank