to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to be needed; to be wanted
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
government; administration
National Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1947-); Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947); legislative assembly; parliament
ban; prohibition; interdiction; injunction
approval; adoption (of a motion, bill, etc.); passage
prohibition; inhibition; ban
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
danger; peril; hazard; risk
spike (on a shoe or tyre); stud; spiked shoes; spikes; injuring (an opposing player) with the spikes on one's shoes; spiking
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
Japan and the United States; Japanese-American
friendly match (game); friendly
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably