system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
payment in advance; advance payment; prepayment
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
hospitalization; hospitalisation
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
that is to say; so that means
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
suddenly (appear, stick out); abruptly; (stand) still and expressionless; imposingly; suddenly (stand up)
to make an appearance; to show up
to grab (someone) by the collar; to size (someone) by the lapels
emphatically (bite, gulp, chew, etc.)
to intervene; to stop (something)
to send (something) flying; to splatter; to drive (something) off
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
(direct) hit; hitting the mark
log; dace (Tribolodon hakonensis)
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
hands behind one's back; hands tied behind one's back; behind (e.g. someone); rear; appearance from behind
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
arm; skill; efforts; ability
pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit
disgusting; sickening; revolting; nauseating
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
state of emergency; emergency; crisis
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why