language learning ability; foreign language skills; linguistic ability
interest; appeal; attraction; fun
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
newsworthiness; news hook; topicality; popularity (of a topic, issue, etc.)
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
win; victory; beautiful scenery; scenic spot; counter for wins
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
feeling chilly; nervous; anxious; frightened
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
to boil down; to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.); to reach a conclusion; to conclude a discussion
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
fixed interval; fixed period
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
one large ...; a great ...
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
eccentricity; eccentric behaviour
successive occurrence; frequent occurrence; succession (of); series
alumnus (alumnae); graduate; former member of an organization; former inhabitant (country, region, etc.)
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
damage (esp. financial) caused by harmful rumours or misinformation (rumors)
National Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1947-); Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947); legislative assembly; parliament
to speak unanimously; to speak in chorus; to speak in unison; to speak in one voice
(on the) net; (on the) Internet; (on the) Web
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says