medical examination (for a specific condition or disease); health screening
looking depressed; long face
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
2nd day of the month; two days
that day; the very same day
vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot; empty point
suddenly; all of a sudden
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
to bewitch; to confuse; to enchant; to delude
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
resistance (to heat, corrosion, etc.); tolerance (to a drug, pain, etc.); resistance (to drugs, pesticides, etc.)
disreputable; scandalous; disgraceful
evaluation period (software, new employee, etc.); trial period; probation period
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
mental health; mental hygiene
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
dispersal; breaking up; running away; fleeing
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
what do you want?; can I help you?
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
with a bump; with a clunk; yelp (e.g. of a fox); bark; howl
as one had hoped; as one wishes
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
Freud; Freud, Sigmund (1856-1939; Austrian neurologist)
deployment; disposition; posting; stationing
sense organ; sensory organ
adaptation; accommodation; conforming; acclimatization; acclimatisation
striking a deal; coming to an agreement; making noodles by hand; making handmade noodles; manual input (on a computer, etc.); entering (text) by hand
antinomy; self-contradiction; either-or situation; choice between mutually exclusive alternatives