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)
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
Oobayashi Nobuhiko (1938.1-)
without a moment's delay; leaving everything else unattended to
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)
legal drug; unregulated drug
blood is thicker than water
hog (esp. a wild boar, but also including the domesticated pig)
dry eye syndrome; DES; keratoconjunctivitis sicca; keratitis sicca
arm wrestling; to arm wrestle
thunderbird (North-American indigenous mythical spirit bird)
to be able to handle strain (overexertion, inconvenience, etc.)