pinch; crisis; tough spot; clothespin
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
sieve; sifter; screen; screening (jobs, candidates, etc.)
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
Tajima (former province located in the north of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture)
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; different name; other name
stork (esp. the Oriental stork, Ciconia boyciana)
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
winning number (e.g. in lottery); lucky number
to flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate
tiny amount (degree, extent); paltry amount; slightest bit
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
youngster; neophyte; greenhorn
not limited to; not just ...
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
those (near the second person)
repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well
intentionally; on purpose; deliberately; taking something into account
1,000,000; one million; million; many
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
small number of children (per family); low birth rate; youngest child (in the family)
settlement; solution; resolution
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude