report; notification; registration
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
full-course dinner; multicourse meal
store; reserve; stock; savings
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
unknown; obscure; insignificant
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
(starting) from nothing; from scratch
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
two people alike; two of a kind; kissing cousins; cut from the same cloth
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
bolt from the blue; great surprise
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
maternity leave; paternity leave
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)
passing (a test, examination, etc.); pass (for admission, transport, etc.); ticket; pass (of a ball); (giving something a) pass; skipping (one's turn)
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
to establish; to formulate
question to be settled first; first consideration
to undergo surgery; to have an operation
part-time employer; place where one works part-time
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)
contrivance; managing (to raise money); one's financial condition
ready-built house; built-for-sale house
to crowd together in a confined space; to gather and make a commotion
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
development; exploitation
new residential area; new residential development
group; bunch; crowd; group