to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
seeing through; fluoroscopy; roentgenoscopy; clairvoyance; seeing through (objects)
(visual) scrutiny; close inspection; detailed map; detailed guide; guide to the Yoshiwara red light district
considerable; formidable; tremendous; really something else; exceptional; impressive
intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
skill involving the hands; craft
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
to transcribe; to duplicate; to describe; to film; to picture
surroundings; circumference
discharge (e.g. of water from a dam); release (of young fish into a river, pond, etc.); stocking (a river, etc. with fish); (arch.) banishment; (arch.) exile
crossing a border (illegally); border violation; border transgression
identification papers; ID
to lose money; to spend money
physical contact (between friends, mother and child, etc.); physical intimacy
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools
system; organization; organisation; architecture
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
interpretation (i.e. oral translation); interpreter
everyday conversation; day-to-day conversation
quarter; person with one non-Japanese grandparent
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to
manners and customs; folkways; usage
mediator; manager; caretaker
to split; to be split; to splinter
to spread rumors; to spread rumours
stagnation; hindrance; delay
fields and rice paddies that have been abandoned and are no longer cultivated
to hire; to lease; to requisition; to charter
rice cultivation; rice crop
leader; guide; mentor; coach
to borrow; to have a loan; to hire; to rent; to buy on credit
stockpile; reserves; storing; stocking up; laying in (supplies)
emergency food distribution (esp. cooked rice)
domestic and foreign; inside and outside the country
nursing; (protective) care
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
bringing up; rearing; upbringing
information board; building directory
(walking) stick; cane; wand