foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
tourist; traveler; traveller; visitor
downhill; downward slope; descent; decline; waning; ebb
along; parallel to; in accordance with
to stand side by side; to stand in a row
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
smallish; on the small side
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
dispatch; despatch; transmission; informing (e.g. of opinion); sharing (thoughts, etc.); telling
government management; state management
broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement
first year of junior high school; first-year junior high school student
pure heart; naivete; innocence
dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened
internal organs; viscera; intestines
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; good-for-nothing; loser; weakling
finishing blow; coup de grâce
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
insipid; flat; dull; lifeless; listless
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
retirement; retiring (from a race, match, etc.); dropping out
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; (arch.) to enjoy the beauty of; (arch.) to appreciate; (arch.) to admire
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
lip-syncing; lip-synching
matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); issue; (court) case
change of voice (during puberty); break of voice
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
tide; current; tendency; trend
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference