taking over; handing over; transfer of control; inheriting; passing on the baton
one's junior; younger generation; next generation; moving backwards; backing up; reversing
postponement; deferment; adjournment
cooperation; collaboration
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
beef tongue (a specialty of Sendai); ox tongue
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
sentiment; sentimentality
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
to be blurred (due to motion; of a photo, video, etc.); to be shaken (of a camera); to waver (in one's beliefs, policy, etc.); to shift (position); to be slightly off
to make (somewhere) one's final home; to make (a place) one's final resting place; to do (something) for the rest of one's life; to devote (the rest of) one's life to (something)
(starting) from nothing; from scratch
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
interview; oral examination
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
document screening; paper screening; narrowing down a field of applicants based on resumes, written applications, etc.
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
Official Development Assistance; ODA
Official Development Assistance; ODA
international cooperation
even if; even though; however; no matter how
to refuse; to decline; to deny
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
notice of personnel change (appointment, dismissal, etc.); wording; choice of language; phraseology
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
belief; faith; conviction
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
extremely; exceptionally; extraordinarily; terribly; super
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains