place near the mountains; hilly section of a city (e.g. Tokyo, Kobe, Yokohama)
riding ground; racecourse; racetrack
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
dissection; autopsy; analysis
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
medicine; the healing art; healing; doctor
the other day; lately; recently
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; excuse
filling; packing material; stuffing; padding
judgement; judgment; expert opinion; appraisal
within the jurisdiction of
emergency; accident; rare possibility; unexpected occurrence
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
concealment; suppression; hiding
one's relationships; people one knows; circle of friends
to miss a chance to ask; to miss an opportunity to ask; to forget to ask
base; mean; vulgar; despicable; low
not; nonexistent; not being (there)
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
silence; stillness; quietness
noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio); static; gossip; irresponsible criticism
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
small fraction; small proportion