mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
scandal; deplorable event
bottomless; unlimited; immeasurable; inexhaustible
research material; experimental material
contriving (to raise funds, to find time, etc.); working out (a solution)
depression; low spirits; luxuriant (of vegetation)
infection; contagion; becoming infected
leading person; foremost figure
to feign ignorance; to play dumb
dressing oneself up to look young; altering one's appearance to look young; dressing younger than one's age
one's post; one's position; one's station; one's round; one's beat; one's route
to visit one place after another without plan or effect; to gallivant about
firm; unshakeable; resolute
application; request; petition
invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
chief; head (of an office, of a laboratory)
going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work
(unpleasant) state of affairs; predicament; mess
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
low-life; sleazebag; boor; person of humble rank; humble person; peasant
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
going public (with a matter); becoming public knowledge; recourse to litigation; taking (a matter) to court
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
self-indulgent; undisciplined; slovenly; debauched; negligent
rebound; relapse after a diet; regaining lost weight; return of symptoms after withdrawal of medicine
unnatural; artificial; false; forced (e.g. smile); empty (e.g. compliments)
nine (in mekuri karuta); oicho-kabu (traditional Japanese gambling card game)
pet saying; favorite phrase (favorite); stock phrase; manner of talking
resin; (tobacco) resin; tar; sleep (in one's eyes, i.e. eye mucus)
complete change; about-face
completely; thoroughly; horribly; without exception; until there's no untouched (undamaged) part
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
negative emotions; negative feelings
explosive; sudden and dramatic (of an increase in sales, popularity, etc.); explosive; rapid
same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism
madness; craziness; insanity
sewer; sewer system; sewerage; drain