to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
standard-bearer; flag-bearer
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition
down jacket; quilted down coat
(not) even once; (not) ever
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
reception room; parlor; parlour
ornamental ball-shaped scent bag; decorative paper ball (for festive occasions)
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
objection; dissent; protest
moving (to a new place); moving in; transfer (to a new school)
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
witnessing; observing; sighting
smallest (in size, degree, etc.); least; minimum; minimal
uncertain; unreliable; inauthentic; insecure
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
every time; whenever; as; whether; in (either case)
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
mother-in-law; foster mother; step mother
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination