equality (e.g. gender); joint participation; multi-agency
dizziness (from standing up too fast); orthostatic syncope; lightheadedness; vertigo
personal bankruptcy caused by excessive card-loan borrowing
ophthalmological examination; eye check-up; eye examination
general-purpose cold medicine
Swiss Confederation (Switzerland)
Takashima Reiko (1964.7-)
joining (an association, agreement, etc.); participation; affiliation; accession
newly created character; newly introduced (kanji) character (in a textbook); new character form; shinjitai
sound asleep; fast asleep; untidy; slovenly
Boden See; Bodensee (lake)
Oobayashi Nobuhiko (1938.1-)
without a moment's delay; leaving everything else unattended to
traditional Japanese handball game
alternating; taking turns
old character form; traditional form of kanji used in Japan before 1946
godparent; first person to give something its name
round-faced; bulging at the bottom; swelling toward the bottom
rickshaw puller; rickshawman
being on the ropes; losing ground
synthetic leather; artificial leather; leatherette
globalization; globalisation
spiritualism; spiritualistic ability; ability to cause psychic phenomena
Japan hand (someone very knowledgeable about Japan)