cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people
to be able to manage somehow or another
reproduction on an enlarged or expanded scale
dysfunction (often medical); malfunction; insufficiency
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
as a matter of fact; actually; effectively; in reality; in effect
sharp (blade, image, mind, etc.); sharp; number sign; hash sign; mechanical pencil
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
fuel consumption; gas mileage
alteration; falsification; faking
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
metre; meter; meter; gauge
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer
light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp); k-car; kei car
neighbourhood; neighborhood
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
to go unpunished; to be tolerated; to be allowed; to be overlooked
totally (immersed in something, e.g. liquid, work); addicted
imagination; supposition; guess
economic world; financial circles; business community
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
rapid economic growth (esp. that of Japan in the post-WWII period)
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
management; managerial position; administrative post; person in a managerial position
to have all the fun; to get the better part of the deal; to get the easy life
the babyboomers; the baby boom generation
alternation of generations
substitution; alternation; alternative; substitute
(political) administration; political power
Abenomics; economic and monetary policies of Shinzo Abe, 90th and 96th prime minister of Japan, during his second term
opposition party; political opposition; opposition
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)