to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
assistant (esp. in show business or sumo); attendant; chaperon
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
fifth day of the month; five days
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
complication; confusion; disorder
urgent; requiring quick (response)
accession to the throne; enthronement
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
cancellation; abandonment
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
running a government administration; managing a cabinet
article; news story; report; account
publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)
election; selection; choice
grinding of the teeth; involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation; gnashing one's teeth; gritting one's teeth
tone (of argument); tenor; drift
to be damaged; to receive damage
losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown
changing (one's job, loyalties, stance, etc.); switching over; changing quarters (geisha, prostitute, etc.)
smallest (in size, degree, etc.); least; minimum; minimal
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
in unison; as one; united
national crisis; national disaster
shortage of stock; scarcity of goods
to anticipate; to foresee
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
distribution (e.g. films, rice); rationing (e.g. food, gasoline); food ration
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
private funds; own funds; private property
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
admiration; appreciation; enjoyment; viewing (for pleasure)
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
to devote all one's energies; to give one's everything; to to put in all one's effort