authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
Japanese person; Japanese people
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
to wait and see; to sit on the fence; to be noncommittal
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
counter for nights of a stay; overnight stay; lodging
third day of the month; three days
inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; scan (e.g. MRI, PET, etc.)
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
end of consecutive holidays
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
new type; new style; new model; new strain (e.g. infectious disease)
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
adaptation; accommodation; conformity
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start