priority; order of precedence
lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity
expedient; means; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
when it comes to; concerning
tiny amount (degree, extent); paltry amount; slightest bit
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
incompletion; incomplete; unfinished
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
naturally; of course; understandably
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
pecking order; hierarchical relationship; vertical relationship; hyponymy
in front of one's eyes; just nearby; within a stone's throw
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
decline; downturn; drop; (mental) depression; low spirits
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
only; prostitute attached to a single member of the postwar Occupation Forces
new type; new style; new model; new strain (e.g. infectious disease)
wild; uninhibited; extravagant; rampant
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
earnest desire; eager hope; longing; yearning; hankering
having not the slightest idea
(find) common (meeting) ground
carelessly; inattentively
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
most part; greater part; majority
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
going side-by-side; going abreast; running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with
other than; excluding; without
engaging in (work); pursuing (e.g. studies); following (a profession); being involved in
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
alteration; falsification; faking
good deed; good conduct; benevolence
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
human nature; human heart; public feeling; people's sentiments; consciousness; awareness
two departments (under the ritsuryo system: the Dept. of State and the Dept. of Worship)
stuffing; packing; end (esp. the foot of a bridge); lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony; tea master; endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively); sweet eel sauce
superintendence; supervision; administration
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
to be suspicious (of something or somebody)