deaf person; hearing-impaired person
to loose; to ease; to relax
garden cemetery; park cemetery; memorial park
center of a flower (centre); pistils and stamens
elective subject; elective class
precedence; first move (in games)
prickling; stinging; biting
two departments (under the ritsuryo system: the Dept. of State and the Dept. of Worship)
hearing impairment; paracusis; paracusia
fingerspelling (in sign language for the deaf); finger alphabet
(getting) late; about time; good time (for doing something); good timing
finishing writing; completion of a manuscript
indefinitely; for a long time
new members of society (esp. after turning 20 or joining a company); new working adults
intellectual disability; mental disability
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
within the jurisdiction of
to reminisce; to engage in a lively conversation; to discuss mutual interests
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
simple is best; less is more
refusing to budge; adamant; intransigent; unyielding
excursion; outing; picnic
hard to see; indistinct; obscure; illegible
weak point; vulnerable point; Achilles' heel
feeling of emptiness; sense of void
to give birth to; to have a stomachache
spoken language; colloquial expression
staying for two or more nights in a row (e.g. at a hotel)
to crack (an egg, etc.) into a container