barely miss (meeting someone, catching a train, etc.)
to have luck turn one's way; to have one's fortune change for the better
Public Employment Security Office
overseas deployment (e.g. military forces); overseas expansion (e.g. business operations)
bellyband; maternity belt; (saddle) girth
advance (e.g. of Japanese exports) into overseas markets
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
regional legal affairs bureau
in vitro fertilization; in vitro fertilisation; IVF
specialization; specialisation
... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?")
high academic achievement; advanced academic training; higher education
legal guardians' association; parents' association (at a school); parent-teacher's meeting
infertility; sterility; barrenness
large industrial company; major corporation; big business
silent phone call (form of harassment)
you can never be too careful
deep regret; great disappointment
kitchen waste; food scraps; raw garbage
general meeting of stockholders
preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard
request for a police search; application to the police to search for a missing person
board of directors; board of directors' meeting
kind offices; services; through the good offices of; intercession; mediation
Toyama prefecture (Hokuriku area)
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
assembling a criminal case
presbyopia; age-related longsightedness; farsightedness
mountain trail; path up a mountain
great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad
inheritance; succession to property
to do over and over again; to have sex repeatedly
reading (farsighted) glasses; spectacles for the aged