reform measures; improvement plan; remedial measures
fundraising; financing; cash flow
used; second-hand; old; Middle Ages (in Japan esp. Heian period)
good-quality; superior in quality
young bird; chick; fledgling; greenhorn; fledgeling; novice
to make it less expensive
street; quarter; district; area
nothing new; same as always; an old story; nothing new about it; not the first time it has happened
ESPer; one who has ESP (extrasensory perception)
having no plan; acting without a plan; acting impulsively
luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at somebody's expense)
shortage; amount outstanding (e.g. on loan); deficit
being left out; being ostracized
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
to be superfluous; to be in excess; to be more than enough
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
armor and helmet (armour)
to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority
to allow a less skilled person to practice with one (esp. in sumo)
all but dead; half killed
burden; load (e.g. CPU time, electricity, etc.)
to be wildly different; to be on a completely different scale; to be in a different league; to be poles apart; to stand no comparison; (lit.) to be on a different order of magnitude
green youth; immature youth; novice; greenhorn
at any cost; at any price; at any expense
excuse; explanation; justification; defense; defence
Lord; Highness; (arch.) you
to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed
moss; short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)
to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (voice, sound)
learning from observing others
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
discharge (e.g. of water from a dam); release (of young fish into a river, pond, etc.); stocking (a river, etc. with fish); (arch.) banishment; (arch.) exile
introduced species; non-native species; alien species
sun (approx. 3.03 cm); length; measurement; shortness; tininess
catch (fishing); amount of fish caught; caught fish
pitching ability; counter for pitches
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased