pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
(not) a single person; (no) one
arriving at the present; present-day; to arrive at the present day
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike a chord in one's heart
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
approval; adoption (of a motion, bill, etc.); passage
smooth; undisturbed; uninterrupted; harmonious
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
without compensation; without reward; without pay; free (of charge)
property; fortune; assets
February; second month of the lunar calendar
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
donation; contribution; endowment
March; third month of the lunar calendar
construction at top speed
redecoration; remodelling; remodeling; refurbishment
questionnaire; survey; poll
to be widely known; to be famous
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
probability; likelihood; chances
teething fever; developmental fever; fever that brings with it an intellectual or psycho-developmental growth spurt
employment quota; number of positions available
the strait gate (in the Bible); the narrow gate; high barrier (to enter a highly competitive school, company, etc.); difficult hurdle; difficulty
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
February; second month of the lunar calendar
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
have a good day; take care; see you
postbox; mailbox; pillar box
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
already completed (arrived, happened, etc.)
daruma; tumbling doll; Bodhidharma; prostitute
Dongpo pork; Chinese pan-fried red-cooked pork squares
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy
human experiment; human experimentation; experiment on a living person
to love; to cherish; to show favouritism to; to be partial to; to fondle; to caress
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy