cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
to choke; to be choked (by); to sob convulsively
death from prostration; death from emaciation
starvation; famine; hunger
to stick it out (until the end)
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
to thrust away; to send flying
to stop (plug) one's ears
to the limit; to the full; as much as possible; with all one's might
to turn upside down; to turn (face) downward
thunderous roar; roaring sound
advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
young nobleman; scion of a noble family; princely young man; man with an aristocratic air
to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around
taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
clear as day; perfectly obvious; plain as daylight
prefectures (of Japan); largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
home page; horsepower; HP; half-pipe (i.e. in snowboarding); HP (i.e. a 'hit point' in a role-playing game)
one digit; one column; the "ones" column
memory; ability to remember
nonchalant air; unruffled air
all the questions (in an exam, quiz, etc.)
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
to fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form); to post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board); to store; to write (data); to flash
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
emergency; accident; rare possibility; unexpected occurrence
to punish; to penalize; to penalise
load; heavy burden; encumbrance; heavy freight; heavy responsibility
feces and urine; excreta; human waste
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
to give off a stench; to stink
lump of meat; piece of flesh; human body