to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
exemplar; model; example; pattern
spinning; silk reeling; filature
place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range
showing one's face in public; facing another person
to kill by burning to death
to count on the abacus; to calculate cost-benefit; to calculate profitability; to be guided by self-interest
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
domestic and foreign; inside and outside the country
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
economic reform; fiscal reform
one's superior; higher-up; boss; senior
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
error; mistake; slip; bug
clerk; (bureau, post-office) staff
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
seal; stamp; judgment; judgement; size (of paper or books)
treasuring; cherishing; prizing; holding dear
adviser; advisor; consultant
establishing; founding; setting up; organizing; establishment
to be born again; to make a fresh start in life
explanation (of a text, phrase, etc.); lecture; explanation (in a pompous fashion); (long-winded) lecture; (arch.) storytelling
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
government office; government agency; authorities
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
government office building
squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii); Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern); color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); ancient women's hairstyle; clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern
modernization; modernisation
Shinbashi (section of Tokyo)
stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme