for your information; I'm telling you
unbelievable; incredible; implausible
work; business; company; study
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles
to drive a wedge into (e.g. enemy defences); to wedge apart
to borrow; to have a loan; to hire; to rent; to buy on credit
personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost; indirect labour costs; indirect labor costs
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
item; article; dish; course; finest item
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
hypocrite; dissembler; wolf in sheep's clothing; fox in a lamb's skin
stepping back; drawing back
compliance; conformance; adaptation; (immediate) response; (rapid) reaction
diagnosis; medical examination
per-capita division; division according to the number of people
toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up
laughable; ridiculous; funny; comical
lack of appetite; anorexia
yearned for; longed for; missed
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
to fall ill; to be taken ill
creak; squeak; creaking sound
to draw an arc (e.g. with a compass); to describe an arc (e.g. through the air)
spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread
belt (waist, seat, etc.); strap; belt; zone; drive belt; machine belt
several times; several degrees
no matter how much time passes
fifteenth day of the month; fifteen days
seventeenth day of the month; seventeen days
twentieth day of the month; twenty days
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
blood relationship; blood relative
to lose hope; to be plunged into darkness
to intervene; to stop (something)