millilitre; milliliter; ml
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
nobody can win against advancing age
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
good-for-nothing; useless; worthless
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
discord; trouble; dissension; disagreement; friction; conflict
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist
being once divorced; one-time divorcee; (lit.) one x mark (i.e. one name struck from the family register)
eye for people; ability to judge character
having a single meaning; allowing only one interpretation; unequivocal; principal; primary; most important
passive; lacking initiative; lacking autonomy
marking; grading; scoring
for some reason or other; somehow or other; by some chance
to be covertly swapped; to be replaced (e.g. with a counterfeit)
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
being intrusive; intrusive person
to assort; to classify; to journalize (in accounting); to journalise
of tender years; very young
starvation; famine; hunger
drift (of snow, leaves, etc.); hangout for social dropouts
weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
unevenness (e.g. in quality); inconstancy; variation; dispersion; scatter; spread
to swarm; to crowd; to flock together
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
to lie deep in; to extend far back
tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
town area; urban area; metropolitan area; built-up area
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
quadruped walking; walking on four legs
field of activities; area of activity; range of behavior (behaviour); habitat
reproductive (procreative) power; fertility
high-spec; highly competitive (on the dating scene, e.g. by having a high income, being good-looking); ticking all the boxes
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.)