innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
to be photographed; to be projected
sports-minded; sports-oriented
to save face; to show deference; to make someone look good
foreign country; foreign land; strange land; far-off land
money-eating; expensive; extravagant
turning by hand; hand-turned; hand-cranked; preparations; arrangements
preface; introduction; lead in (to a joke, question, etc.); lead up; payment in advance (by bank transfer); swinging (one's body) forward
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
dependents; family members that one has to support; encumbrances; things that tie one down
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
welcome (news); inviting; encouraging; tempting; hopeful
forced repatriation; deportation
immigration office; immigration bureau
public institution; public organization; official body
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
resolution of an incident; solution to a (criminal) case
hindrance; obstacle; harm (to one's health); bad effect; menstruation; period
alienation; estrangement; leaving (someone) out; casting out; cutting off; avoiding
leaving (on, open, unfinished, etc.); (doing) continuously; constantly; keep ...-ing
company name; name of a company
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
to clasp together (esp. hands); to entwine (e.g. fingers)
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
someone; a certain person
close; intimate; on good terms
simple and honest; unsophisticated; simpleminded; naive; unspoiled
everyday conversation; day-to-day conversation
one's home country; one's homeland
national language; Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan); one's native language; mother tongue; native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)
professional job; profession
to throw away; to abandon; to give up; to relinquish; to lay down (one's life)
to roll over; to tumble; to roll about (with laughter)
frequency (esp. of waveforms)