leisure; leisure time; spare time
use; utilization; utilisation; application
persevering; very patient
no matter how much time passes
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
bravery; courage; heroism
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
in the future; another day; later
gradually; day by day; every day; each day
unable to contain oneself; itching to do something; cannot sit still
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away
second day of the month; two days
eighth day of the month; eight days
again (and again); once again; yet again; (there you go) again
Mainichi Shimbun (newspaper)
letter (e.g. of complaint); letter to the editor; letter from a reader; contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.)
ostentatious; gaudy; showy
publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
whole passage; full text; whole sentence; full paragraph
writing; composition; essay; sentence
previously; already; for some time; for quite a while
manly; masculine; like a man
Superintendent General of the Metropolitan Police
if it is the case that ...
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
measuring container; measure; box (seating at a theatre, etc.); square on a grid; cell of a grid; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)
what (e.g. "what rudeness"); what (something) is like
official announcement; proclamation
exceedingly; extremely; very many; indeed
at that time; in those days
community; circles; kingdom; erathem; field (electrical); border
someone who is greatly one's senior; veteran
edict; public announcement
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
to take seriously; to believe in; to fall for
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
minister of state; cabinet minister (Japan)
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier