PR brochure; public relations magazine
operation scar; scar from an operation
(raining) heavily; (water rushing) plentily; with white noise; with a buzz
reform bill; reform proposal; amendment
with a swoosh; at one fell swoop
(arch.) arm (esp. upper arm); counter used to measure the thickness of round objects
quick; rapid; swift; satisfactory
brand items; brand-name goods
condition; state of preservation
atrocious crime; heinous crime
conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat; something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
natural extinction; dying a natural death; coming to a natural end
roasted pork fillet (often used in ramen)
futures; credit (buying); stretching; total (preceding counter, unit, etc.); aggregate
specimen; sample; object to be examined
Harbour Ward (e.g. in Tokyo)
Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
to wash again; to reconsider
work; book; (a book) by; obvious; striking
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet
please be careful; please take care
dry and rough; desiccated; rustling
to pick out (with the fingers); to pull out; to throw out (e.g. of a bar); to drag out; to chuck out
to look coldly at; to turn a cold shoulder
to avenge (somebody) by striking down their killer
mishmash; miscellany; medley; jumble; mixture; odds and ends
twelfth day of the month; twelve days
the place one comes from; one's birthplace; one's hometown
remaining silent; keeping secret
things at hand; personal belongings