water pressure; hydraulic pressure
to be crushed; to be squashed; to go bankrupt; to go under; to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.)
laying (a railroad, pipes, naval mines, etc.); construction
optical cable; optical fibre
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
the same kind; accomplice; partner
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
abdomen; abdominal region; belly; middle part
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
Kanto region (incl. Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki and Chiba prefectures)
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
Minato City (special ward of Tokyo); Minato Ward (Osaka); Minato Ward (Nagoya)
within the country; inside the county; domestic; home; internal
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
large number (of); many; majority
to crowd (a house); to throng to (a door)
infotainment television program; TV gossip show; (tabloid) talk show; talk show featuring discussion of current news, etc.
network; Internet; net (e.g. hairnet, tennis net); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
location of a press conference; press conference room
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; site; grounds
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
well-informed person; thinking person; intelligent person
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times