my goodness!; good lord!; holy cow!
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
Chief Cabinet Secretary (Japan); Chief of Staff (to the President, Prime Minister, etc.); Cabinet Secretary; Executive Secretary
swiftly; rapidly; suddenly; abruptly; sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply
ten-year-old; ten year old
to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age
one sweep (of the eye); sweeping view; unbroken view
to be clearly ahead of the competition; to stand out noticeably above one's rivals; to stand out from the crowd
transfer (trains, buses, etc.); change; switch (to another ideology, party, system, method, etc.); change; switching (stock); chromosomal crossover
as soon as possible; as quickly as possible; speedily; without delay; ASAP
familiarity with the land; (having) knowledge about a place
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
muddy place; mud; mire; sludge; slush; quagmire
as far as the eye can see
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
singing one's own praises; praising one's own wares
strong reaction (against); (transplant) rejection
moribund state; near-death; barely alive condition
underside; undersurface; inferior surface
leather strap binding the plates of traditional Japanese armor (armour)
small spiral-shelled snail; spiral shellfish
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
to burst open; to pop; to split
deoxyribo nucleic acid; DNA
host; landlord; innkeeper
ennui; languishing; feeling of exhaustion; lassitude; lethargy
log; dace (Tribolodon hakonensis); test subject (of human experiments performed by Unit 731 during WWII); (arch.) prostitute dressed as a Buddhist nun
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
one's way (ahead); one's path
to do together; to share; to participate in
to receive favor; to receive assistance; to receive help; to be looked after; to be taken care of; to become dependent (on)
manservant; male attendant; valet
calling by name; designation; nomination
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind