quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
to undergo surgery; to have an operation
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
kind; cordial; hospitable; serious (of an illness)
population ageing (aging)
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
someone engaged in a certain pursuit; practitioner; worker; employee
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
hard (life); tough (world)
measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment
if you ask me ...; as for ...
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
to spend time (on doing something)
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
assailant; perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
distrust; mistrust; insincerity; impiety; faithlessness
accessories; small articles; minor character; small fry; weak one
personification; impersonation; embodiment
to take all things together; to include everything; to take account of everything
insignificant; inconsequential; trifling; negligible; of little importance
at first; in the beginning; originally
prejudice; bias; distorted view
of course; certainly; naturally
to trust; to relax one's guard (around)
bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone; sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki
addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)
starting line; starting point
everybody; every last one of them; all
hindrance; obstacle; harm; bad effect; sickness
to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
inquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through
antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling
traditional art; traditional performance art
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
to use abusive language; to curse; to call someone names