on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)
(teacher's) platform; podium; dais
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
fall; tumble; spill; degradation; comedown; demotion
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor
the teaching profession; education of laity
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
to become indisposed; to feel unwell; to have one's physical condition deteriorate
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
signed; sealed; having a signature or seal
document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
counter; window; teller window; contact person; point of contact
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
to be a background factor; to be an underlying reason
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
too much; excessively; too
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
guess; conjecture; surmise
mixture of fact and fiction; half-truth