to be helpful; to help; to be of assistance; to come in handy
health problem; health issue
worldly-minded person; materialist; uncultured person; philistine; vulgar person; snob
comprehensive medical check-up; thorough physical examination
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
tumor; tumour; neoplasm; neoplasia
quitting while one is ahead
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
elevated walkway through the audience to the stage (kabuki); honourable end to a career
re-examination; reinspection; retest
umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
sharing an umbrella; under one umbrella; sketch of an umbrella with two names under it (equiv. of "X loves Y")
paper umbrella; bamboo-and-oiled-paper umbrella
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
coming and going; recurring (esp. thoughts)
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
little finger; pinky; little toe
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
pride; dignity; self-respect
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
taking over another's debt; shouldering someone else's burden; subrogation
all you have to do is; just; that's all
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
to go through; to pierce; to penetrate; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with
continuous; unbroken; ceaseless
first; preliminary; primary (sources, industry, etc.); original; linear (function, equation); first-order
scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability
second; secondary; quadratic (function, equation, etc.); second-order
interviewer (for job, school, etc. interviews)
hiring from another company; recruitment; quick costume change in kabuki (taking off outer costume); drawing (wire, pipes, metal plate)
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
to make a vow; to take an oath
to half-rise to one's feet
(with a) thump; (hanging) straight down
rock (music); rock; boulder; on the rocks
reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese
lively; energetic; vigorously (jumping, flopping, etc.); piercing (e.g. sound); penetrating