filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
overseas (a foreign) market
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out
one's self-possession; one's presence of mind
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
person of high standing facing no opposition and with a warped view of reality; (lit.) naked emperor
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
to turn completely into; to become completely
pressure to conform; peer pressure; peer group pressure; group pressure
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
to be helpful; to be useful
shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word
level of happiness; degree of happiness
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
numerical value; numerics; reading (on a meter, etc.)
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
when it becomes; when it comes to
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
(the condition of) one's health
grasp; catch; understanding
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
health management; health maintenance; health care
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
how long; how much; to what extent
individual differences; personal equation
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
to be a matter of life or death
surmise (about somebody's feelings); guess; conjecture
side job; sideline; subsidiary business