outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
pus; corruption; rot; evils
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
drastic treatment; rough-and-ready treatment; drastic remedy; drastic measures; drastic steps
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
of course; certainly; naturally
picking out; taking out; (surgical) removal; exposure
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
taking over; handing over; transfer of control; inheriting; passing on the baton
to rest; to suspend; to give relief
liquidation (of a company); finishing remaining business
to change (e.g. a bill); to transfer (e.g. money); to switch over; to move over
(one's) wife; (someone's) wife; landlady
filial piety; showing devotion (to someone)
chief examiner or investigator
to mark the end; to spell the end
(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
adultery; immorality; impropriety; (an) affair
love passionately; ardent love; devotion
separate building; outbuilding; outhouse
calling out to someone with love or good will; phone call to a loved one; fervent request; heartfelt appeal
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
spilling; spill; leavings; leftovers
Japan Defense Agency (became Ministry of Defense in January 2007)
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
next generation; future generation
research society; study class (e.g. religious); seminar (e.g. presentation of research)
is something that; is that which
to clamour; to crowd; to jostle
to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face
to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall
look; glance; sight; summary; list; table
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
lively; vigorous; energetic; full of (energy, appetite, curiosity, etc.); brimming with
old boy; alumnus; graduate; out of bounds (golf)
to build (a nest); to nest; to haunt (a place); to hang out (somewhere)
retiring high-ranking government officials taking a lucrative job in a private or semi-private corporation; command (from superior to inferior, government to private sector, etc.); order; descent from heaven
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
fray; fighting; brawling; scuffle