law office; lawyer's office; attorney's office
moonrise; rise of the Moon
micro-; micro; minibus; microfilm
taking a junior high-school entrance examination
Indian summer (around November); mild late autumn weather; mild late fall weather
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
down jacket; quilted down coat
upper; upward; outer; surface; top
intensive care unit; ICU; interface control unit
on-the-spot filming or photography; live filming (as opposed to animation); actual picture (as opposed to a drawing); real picture or story (as opposed to fiction, imaginary scene, etc.); describing actual scenes (in writing, drawings, paintings, etc.)
part-time employer; place where one works part-time
Qingdao (China); Tsingtao; Chingtao
Japan's old (lunisolar) calendar
polar bear (Ursus maritimus)
recorder (musical instrument); English flute
porcelain (esp. hard-paste porcelain); china; chinaware
to be affected; to put on airs; to pose
alphabet; ABCs; the ABCs (of); basics; activity-based costing; ABC
luxury cruise ship; luxury liner
department (faculty) of literature
opening (of a bottle); broaching; beginning; opening; commencement (e.g. of sales)
clearing one's throat; cough
tonkatsu; breaded pork cutlet
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
to arrange beforehand to tell the same story; to get the stories straight
making off with (something); absconding; stolen; absconded (with)