daily publication; daily issue
special number; special issue
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
choice; selection; pickup (phonograph); stylus bar; pickup truck; pickup
normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty
guide; tour guide; conductor; guidebook
to be of use as a reference; to be helpful
opinion; point of view; visual point
to go through; to pierce; to penetrate; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with
favoritism; favouritism; partiality; prejudice; bias
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
bribe; sweetener; douceur
death penalty; capital punishment
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
tenth day of the month; ten days
notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties
to complain; to make a complaint
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
one's circumstances or condition, esp. compared to that of another; coherence (e.g. of a conversation)
narcissism; self-absorption; self-intoxication
to be too late; to be too slow
restless; fidgety; in a hurry
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation
to assume an air of importance; to be self-important; to put on airs
silence; keeping silent; giving no notice; giving no warning; wordless pantomime performed in the dark (in kabuki)
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
consideration (for others); (making) allowance
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
introductory article; advertisement
roasted sweet potato; baked sweet potato
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
plunking (down something heavy); flumping (into a chair)
to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
note (letter) left behind; will
pin (e.g. hairpin, bowling pin, golf pin, etc.); one (on dice, in cards, etc.); beginning; best; kickback