field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
aging; wearing out; deterioration
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
impressions; thoughts; feelings; opinions
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
doctor working in a hospital; physician working in public practice
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
harmonious; peaceful; happy; amicable; smooth; free from trouble
to be visible to; to be seen by; to meet one's eyes
brutal (atmosphere, society, etc.); savage; fierce; violent; bloodthirsty; stark
to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever
any; all; every; both; either; none (with neg. verb)
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
rising; ascending; climbing
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
environment; circumstance
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
high blood pressure; hypertension
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
true character; real nature
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
cathode-ray tube; CRT; Braun tube
Kanazawa (city in Ishikawa)
Nagano (city, prefecture)
opening (of a new road, railway, etc.); going into operation (e.g. telephone communication); beginning services; reopening (e.g. a road to traffic); resumption of services
convenience; user-friendliness
revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)