omission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct
civilization and enlightenment; Japan's Westernization movement during the Meiji era (Westernisation)
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
to mediate; to intervene; to smooth
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
successor machine; later model
home ground; home field; one's haunt; one's stamping ground; one's domain
surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
staying behind; remaining; residual
core; core; hardcore; all-out
to turn up (hem, sleeves, etc.); to fold back (e.g. page); to turn back; to double back; to loopback (a signal, message, etc.)
for dear life; barely escaping alive
toilet; restroom; bathroom; lavatory
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
birth date; date of birth; DOB
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
cooperativeness; spirit of cooperation
calm, cool, and collected; level and calm
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
modernization; modernisation
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
in the same way as; just like
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
orpiment; gamboge; falsification; alteration
every time; whenever; as; whether; in (either case)
stone weight (as used on pickle-tub covers); weight (as used in balances)
single word; a few words; brief comment
to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
outside broadcasting van; OB van; mobile unit; outdoor broadcasting van
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?