current value; price; market value
reference; example; inquiry (about a product, business deal, etc.); enquiry; being summoned to appear to court; witness
to carry something out of a place; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery); to mention something; to broach a topic
advocate; disputant; debater; (present) writer; author
erotic; pornographic; obscene; perverted; horny; dirty
helping hand; help; support; aid
radical party; extremists
sentimental; on an emotional level; in one's heart
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
long (time); longstanding; for a long time
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
to divide; to separate; to share; to distribute; to distinguish
Schneider; Sneider; Snider; Snyder
envoy; diplomat below the rank of ambassador (e.g. deputy chief of mission, charge d'affaires); minister (of legation)
Matsumoto Hidehiko (1926.10.12-2000.2.29)
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
being taken aback; state of shock; dumbfoundedness
casting; cast-metal object
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
in some way; somehow or other; somewhere or other
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
to be opposite; to face each other
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
primary school; elementary school; grade school
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
childlike mind; judgment as a child (judgement)
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
degrading language (language used to lower the position of the listener)
before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later