cost of medical treatment; medical expenses; fees for treatment
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
deviation; departure; omission
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
ability to get things done
advocate; disputant; debater; (present) writer; author
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
to incur someone's enmity
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
to be tired of waiting; to wait impatiently
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
red tape; red-tapism; officialism; bureaucratic bungling
to contemplate; to ponder; to think over; to turn over in one's mind; to reflect; to muse
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
true intention; underlying motive
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
profit-and-loss arithmetic; calculating profit and loss; mercenary point of view
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
lazy; idle; indolent; slothful
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
cannot be helped; unavoidable
four man group; quartet; the Gang of Four
to care for someone; to look after someone
to be unable to understand; to baffle one's understanding; to be beyond one's comprehension