objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
space; room; unused land; room (for reconsideration, doubt, etc.); leeway; margin
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
not less than ...; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; the above; the above-mentioned
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to shake one's head (in denial)
to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
variety show (on TV or radio)
leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairman; presenter; host
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
in name only; titular; nominal
function; facility; faculty; feature
notice; notification; announcement; disclosure; declaration
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
as hoped for; as expected
(an) unknown; unknown number; variable; unknown quantity; not yet known
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
area; region; district; locality
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
representative; exemplary; model
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
that's the way it is; such is life
for this very reason; that is exactly why
to go (to); to make one's way (to); to visit
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
record; document; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.)
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
generous; soft-hearted; having a good personality