foreign; abroad; overseas
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
naturally; not surprisingly; it should be appreciated that; understandably; as a matter of course; as is obvious
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)
railroad corporation; railway company
control; management (e.g. of a business)
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
four times; four colour process printing (color); CMYK printing
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
sex; sexual intercourse; (one's) sex; gender
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
standard; standardized; average; normal; ordinary
cheekbones; zygomatic bone; malar bone
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
obstinate; stubborn; headstrong
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)