high ground; plateau; heights
suspension of water supply; water outage
comfortable to live in (of a neighborhood, etc.); convenient; congenial; agreeable
research establishment; research institute; laboratory
material (data) for one's research; research material
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
child who has returned to Japan after living abroad; returnee child; (Japanese) person who lived abroad during (part of) their childhood
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
weak point; unskillfulness
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
consultation office; information center; bureau; agency
erasure; denial; obliteration; ignoring (an opinion)
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
job; work; duties; trade; skill
to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to resign (post); to quit; to decline; to turn down
(phenomenon of) precession of the equinoxes
mechanism; mechanical parts; jack-in-the-box
activity; action; occupation; business; sexual intercourse; sex
condensation (of ideas, emotions, etc.); condensation (of a vapour or gas)
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in
teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher
to pitch in and help; to give someone a hand
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
to be enchanted; to be charmed
to entertain; to make welcome
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter; nothing to worry about
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
to get lost; to lose one's bearings; to be puzzled; to be perplexed; to be tempted; to be seduced
cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...
prosperity; bustle; activity; crowd; turnout
lidded plastic container; Tupperware
to fold up; to fold into layers
irritation; annoyance; frustration
arbitrarily; of its own accord; voluntarily; wilfully; willfully; as one pleases
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release
program (of events, music, etc.); programme; program (booklet); brochure; (computer) program; programming