conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
remarkable; striking; obvious
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); gaijin; (arch.) outsider
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
number of births; number of babies born
optional; voluntary; arbitrary; arbitrary
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
quickly; calmly; intently
how; in what way; how about
introduction; bringing in; leading in; installation
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
simply; merely; only; solely
reality; actuality; hard fact
house; dwelling; human habitation
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
one part; one portion; one section
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
northern country; northern provinces; northern regions; northland
labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands
inevitable; inescapable; unavoidable
the whole year; all the year
meaning; significance; sense
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
distinction; differentiation; classification
process; course; mechanism
to answer; to respond; to meet; to satisfy; to accept