majority decision; majority vote; majority rule
to stay overnight; to stop (e.g. at a hotel)
dwelling; house; residence; den; habitat
intentional; deliberate; contrived; artificial
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
suspicion (of others); jealousy
you get what you pay for; cheap and nasty
Amur silvergrass (Miscanthus sacchariflorus)
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
putting out the light; switching off the light
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
renewal; replacement; regeneration; metabolism
resuscitation; regeneration; reformation; rehabilitation; playback; regeneration (sound, etc.)
ageing; aging; senile deterioration
cell; cell (in an organization, esp. a communist party)
increase; multiplication; propagation; proliferation
transplant surgery; transplant operation
digital versatile disc; DVD
nature; natural constitution; innate disposition
one after another; one after the other; in rotation; exchanging one after the other; changing repeatedly
imagination; supposition; virtual; potential (enemy)
to shoot out (lights, window, etc.)
unintelligible language; incoherent language; talking nonsense; "all Greek to me"; double Dutch; (something) incomprehensible
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
reduction by half; halving