speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
Ministry of Health and Welfare (now Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
privatization; privatisation
mass communication; mass media
pointing out; identification
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off
ripping; tearing; vibrating; buzzing; like an electric shock
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
application; request; petition
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
probability; likelihood; chances
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
group; party; team; organization; organisation; association
changing clothes; change of clothes
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
counter for suits of clothing; arriving at ...
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
(talk of a) moneymaking scheme; moneymaking idea; get-rich-quick proposal
gossip; corner of the mouth
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
1,000,000; one million; million; many
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)