hitting a ball; batting; stroke
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
number of days; period of days; daily interest rate
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
sending home; repatriation; deportation
duty; obligation; responsibility
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
recommendation; endorsement
very likely; very probable
Japanese Red Cross Society; JRC
committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
work-to-rule; go-slow strike; slowdown; being idle; slackening; being truant
migrant worker; economic nomad
way of solving (a problem); solution
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
land reclamation (from sea)
inexpensive; cheap; easy; simple
footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
beach; seashore; seaside; coast
hollow; cavity; hole; cave
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
being seen here and there; appearing in various places
Niigata prefecture (Hokuriku area)
low-lying land reclaimed from the sea
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
by some chance; somehow; in some way; somehow or other; one way or another; by any means possible
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
after the end (of something); post-
being under the rule of; being under the government of
military administration; military government; military junta; government affairs relating to the military