lately; recently; nowadays
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
inside the House; inside the Diet; inside the hospital
ivy (esp. Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
complexity; frequency; trouble; traditional Chinese character; unsimplified Chinese character
rumor; rumour; gossip; report
very; greatly; exceedingly
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
surgery; department of surgery (hospital, etc.)
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
firm; determined; resolute; conclusive
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
wood chip; splinter; thin shingles
reasons; circumstances; significance; hindrance; obstruction; interference
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
medical science; medicine
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
oneself and others; (in philosophy) subject and object; transitivity; transitive and intransitive verbs; first person and third person; self-salvation and salvation by faith
confession; acknowledgement; acknowledgment
bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu
religious leader; person of religion; religious figure; religionist
religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
stiff (atmosphere, manner, etc.); cold; unfriendly; thin and bony; scrawny
farmer; peasant; farming; the common people
shoji (paper sliding door)
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
condition; figure; appearance; voice