regarding ...; concerning ...; about ...; on ...; with respect to ...; in regard to ...
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
lightly (floating); buoyantly; puffing (on a pipe, cigarette, etc.); tooting (a trumpet, horn, etc.); blowing (a flute, whistle)
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
since; for the past ... (e.g. ten years); this person; this gentleman
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
departure; leaving; setting off
beyond that point; after that
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris); kidney bean; navy bean; wax bean; green bean; string bean
dish dressed with sesame sauce
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
repeating a year (at school); staying in the same class for another year
when; how soon; how long until
(fully) exposed; bare; uncovered; in full view; undisguised; broad (accent)
else; in addition; besides
wild; freakish; madcap; crazy; hysterical
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
as expected; as predicted
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
to push aside; to push one's way through
critical (touch and go) situation; explosive situation
to face each other; to be opposite (to)
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
war readiness; combat preparedness; readiness for battle
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb; produced at an unorthodox location
obstruction of business; interference with business
the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way
geisha house; establishment with geisha on its books for whom it acts as an agency
bribe; sweetener; douceur
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument