acquaintance; making someone's acquaintance
low-priced; cheap; inexpensive; shallow (e.g. sympathy); superficial; cheap (e.g. government)
straight-laced person; stubborn person
gold tooling; gilt tooling
to bind; to file; to top with egg (e.g. donburi)
shoulder massage (performed by tapotement); tap on the shoulder (request to resign)
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
to put into written form; to communicate or express by writing; to chronicle
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
opinion; point of view; visual point
story of one's experience; recounting of one's experiences; narrative; testimonial
free talk; irresponsible talk
colophon (at the end of a book); imprint; publication information
to publish a book; to put out a book
to take another good look at; to reconsider; to analyze; to reexamine
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
formal; proper; prescribed; conventional; stereotypical
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
leader (of an alliance); leading power
boning (fish or meat); deboning; watering down (a plan, bill, etc.); dilution; taking the backbone out of; weakening
inside out; upside down; flip side; opposite; contrary
enhancing national prestige; expanding national influence
(shout of) encouragement; cheering; rooting; support
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
significant; meaningful; intentional; volitional
to remind (someone of something); to call attention to; to make sure of; to emphasize; to emphasise
covered with; stained; smeared
deficit-covering (government) bond
random firing; reckless firing; excessive issue
sick; ill; ailing; (arch.) to hurt; (arch.) to ache
bottomless; endlessly deep; infinite
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
weak foreign policy; weak-kneed diplomacy
parliamentarism; parliamentary government
unnatural death; accidental death; violent death
transport corps; army service corps
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
(one's) military service record