to substitute for; to stand in for; to fill in for
check of someone's ability; test of someone's ability
public transportation; public transport
standard-sized automobile; full-sized car; ordinary vehicle
standby screen (on a mobile phone); (phone) wallpaper
this world; present world (as opposed to the realm of the dead)
miser; cheapskate; skinflint
the whole year's plans should be made on New Year's Day
flexible-hours system; flextime; flexitime
male carer (at a nursery school, children's home, etc.); childcare worker
medium; diviner; shaman; oracle
tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one); tattooing
being driven into a corner; having no way out; being caught between a rock and a hard place
to conform to; to be in accordance with; to follow (rule, tradition, example, etc.)
because; the reason why is
translation; shift; parallel displacement
property-value; attribute value
the instability of a political situation; political instability
estimated time of arrival; ETA
common; ordinary; conventional; customary
interjection; exclamation
natural number; nonnegative integer
person who has a driving licence but little or no experience actually driving (license)
life-prolonging treatment
(very) selfish; self-centered; self-centred; without consulting anybody (else)
hotel in the center of the city
on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat
light used for brightly lighting up a plaza, building, etc.
peep; peeping; peep show; device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
neighboring prefecture; adjacent prefecture
left hook (e.g. in boxing, etc.)
corporate culture; company climate or spirit; the way a company does things
prizefighter; pro boxer; professional boxer; pugilist