plus; addition; positive number; gain; advantage; anode
language island; speech island
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
standard language (used in government, education, etc.); standard Japanese
common language; lingua franca; standard language (language variety understood throughout a country)
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (arch.) China; (arch.) foreign country
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
reaching; attaining; arrival
breaking down; defeating; abolishing
piling up; accumulating; forming a (huge) pile; lying in piles
later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while
direct import; direct importation
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
school; proof (of a book, document, etc.); counter for proofs
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
vice; bad manners; evil customs; storm; raging winds
situation where alcohol is being served; (over) a drink
impromptu; on the spot; off the cuff; ad lib
everywhere; everywhere one goes; wherever one goes
in the following manner; as follows
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
implication; significance; connotation; depth of meaning; complications of a problem
to cease; to stop; to be over
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
interesting (personality, turn of phrase, etc.); pleasantly different; tasteful; attractive; charming
straight talk; plain speaking; speaking frankly
establishment; settlement
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); gaijin; (arch.) outsider
frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere
prompt decision; snap judgement; snap judgment