judging; inspection; examination; investigation; review
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
enterprise; business; company; corporation
in full force; in great numbers; in droves; large-scale project; grand plan
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
nun; bitch; Amagasaki, Hyogo; Amazon (online retailer)
small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
Kurashiki (city); storage charges
greenhouse; icehouse; cellar
orchid; Netherlands; Holland
special ward; special economic zone (China); special administrative region of China (e.g. Hong Kong)
rapid economic growth (esp. that of Japan in the post-WWII period)
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
great benefactor; person to whom one is greatly indebted
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
great debt of gratitude; great obligation
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
two-top (soccer formation); formation with two forwards at the front line
close; intimate; on good terms
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
similar instance; similar case; parallel case; analogy
approximation; having a close resemblance
corresponding to; being applicable to; being relevant to; coming under; falling under; fulfilling (requirements)
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
unfavourably; unfavorably; disparagingly; insultingly; ill
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of