groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
originality; distinctiveness; uniqueness; individuality
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
with a scraping sound; with a scratching sound; with a crunching sound (while eating)
to go through the proper procedures; to follow the required steps
inside the House; inside the Diet; inside the hospital
emergency light; emergency lamp
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
to grow; to develop; to grow up
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
back (side); reverse; other side; inside; background; dark side (e.g. of society)
service entrance; delivery entrance
minivan; people-mover; 6-8 seat automobile with sliding door or doors
shoulder (of a road); berm
crippled; deformed; imperfect; incomplete; one wheel
sailing; marching; going out; dispatch
blank form; sheets of paper; sheet of paper
delivery from a storehouse; shipping; leaving a garage; leaving the depot
show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture
to pull from both ends; to pull from both sides; to play tug of war
output (electrical, signal, etc.)
injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid
opening and shutting; opening and closing
damper; dance party; dance partner
lading; loading; carrying
suspicious object (e.g. potential bomb); suspicious substance
to move forward; to move on