Supreme Court justice; Supreme Court judge
legal consultation; (giving) legal advice
to have a name entered in the family register
unfair dismissal; wrongful dismissal; unfair termination
increase in interest rates
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
(state) benefit; allowance; (social security) payment; entitlement
to risk one's life (to do); to put one's life on the line; to step forward (to do); to give one's all
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
indiscriminate killing; indiscriminate murder
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
tab (character); tabulation alignment; tabulation; tub
libel; defamation; slander; character assassination
to highlight something; to bring something to the forefront
trailing; chasing after; imitation; copy
to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe
to dig up; to expose; to disclose
elevated walkway through the audience to the stage (kabuki); honourable end to a career
remittance; sending money
leaving somebody behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone
legal; from a legal standpoint; legally speaking; de jure
paltry amount of money; cheapness; worthlessness; three one-mon coins
to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different
having many difficulties in store; grim prospects
dangling; hanging; suspended; pending; half done; in limbo
my husband; one's family; family member
blowing (e.g. of the wind); playing (a wind instrument); player (e.g. clarinet); (pair of) bellows; casting; founding
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
back off!; leave me alone!
to keep in mind; to memorize
to grow taller (of people)
middle of a month; second third of a month; 11th to 20th day of a month
we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to come off; to be worn off; to fade; to discolor; to discolour