springy (texture); doughy; elastic
to stick out one's tongue; to ridicule someone (behind their back); to laugh at someone
according to; due to; by (means of); because of; via; on the basis of
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
diagnosis; medical examination
final; eventual; ultimate
medical examination (for a specific condition or disease); health screening
navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
raising and lowering; fluctuation (of prices, interest rates, etc.); praising and belittling; setting out (meals, etc.) and clearing away; ebb and flow (of the tide); rising and falling (pitch, tone, etc.); modulation
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
initial medical examination; first visit (to a doctor, clinic, hospital, etc.)
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
everyday life; daily life
obstacle; impediment; disability; handicap; steeplechase; obstacle race
assuming that ...; supposing that ...
to write down; to record; to register
different opinion; objection
self-awareness; awareness (of one's position, abilities, duty, etc.); perceiving (something); taking in (a sensation); self-consciousness
to be a matter of life or death; to be life-threatening
(method of) treatment; therapy; remedy; cure
to rub; to chafe; to wear out; to become worn; to lose one's innocence; to become sly
to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
one edge; one end; one side
occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture
being startled; getting a shock
separate case; another matter; different matter; another project
experient; person who has experienced something
withdrawal symptoms; abstinence syndrome
beginning of the year; new year; New Year's call; New Year's greetings
prosperity; bustle; activity; crowd; turnout
civic guidance; non-curricular educational guidance; medical guidance
comfortably; peacefully; freely; (growing) quickly
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
shell (of a crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; (person's) back; years of experience
relocation of the capital; transfer of the capital
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
person who died for a cause; guinea pig (for a new product or service); test subject; hitobashira; ritual human sacrifice by burying a living person under or near a large-scale construction project to invoke divine protection
sufferings; ordeals; agony; Passion (of Christ); crucifixion
to drop; to lose; to let fall
talking about one's misfortunes; tales of one's misfortunes
planting a field with the same crop each year; repeated cultivation; collaborative literary work; story made up by several writers working on it in turn; series (of novels); cycle (of poems, songs)