barometer of health; measure of good health
overseas reporting; covering a story abroad
home run hitting competition
something intended as a lie or joke which (by chance) ends up being true; lie turned truth
psychological depiction of a literary character
(within) basic fare (of a taxi meter, without being charged for mileage)
dilettantish business; amateurish business
window-gazing; window-shopping
dharmalaksana (dharma characteristics, the specific characteristics of all manifest phenomena); Hosso sect of Buddhism
what's that?; what the...
without being able to help oneself; against one's will; compelling; pressing; irresistible
curtailment of expenditure; financial retrenchment
tennis; tennis played with regulation balls
whole song; complete music
law-evading drug (e.g. amyl nitrates, MiPT); quasi-legal drug; designer drug
tape transcription; transcribing from recorded tape; audio-typing
to become famous overnight; to burst into fame
ready-built house; built-for-sale house
female dominance; female supremacy
political economy; political science and economics
cueing (e.g. a magnetic tape, recording) (cuing); cue; feeding (e.g. paper under a print head); feed; document loading