Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; MAFF
weave; weaving; woven item
my husband; one's family; family member
least developed country; poorest country
(earning or paying) no interest
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
poverty problem; poverty issue
inexperienced; immature; green; grassy-smelling; smelling of raw vegetation
blushing; getting red in the face; embarrassment
in the face of; in defiance of
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
to yearn for (someone, something); to miss
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
to have one's name entered (in a list)
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
to pull around; to drag around; to take around; to show around
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
next season (esp. in sports); next year
to count on; to expect; to put confidence in; to trust in; to depend on
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
power; authority; jurisdiction
settlement; payment of account