corpulence; fatness; obesity
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
ladle; dipper; wild chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris); cow parsley; keck
pathological; morbid; unhealthy; diseased; unwholesome; abnormal
make-up; makeup; cosmetics
indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
the very image of health itself; picture of health
burlesque; low comedy; farce
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
in the same manner as before; the same as always
(death from) starvation; starving to death
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
primary school; elementary school; grade school
fine weather (i.e. little or no clouds); fair weather; clear weather; clear sky; fair skies
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
rain shower while the sun shines; sun shower; procession of will-o'-the-wisps seen at night; jack-o'-lantern parade
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
memory; sense; experience
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
it's been a long time; long time no see
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
viceroy; governor-general
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
lineage; pedigree; good family
influence; clout; leverage
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)