communication skills; communication ability
contagious disease; communicable disease; transmissible disease; infectious disease; epidemic
kakishibu; astringent persimmon juice used as a dye or to to treat wood, paper, etc.
covered in mud; mud-caked
to fit the mold; to fit the mould; to be standard; to be customary; to be unoriginal; to be stale
contrivance; bit of fiddling; little ingenuity; bit more (e.g. food)
(for an object) to be shiny; to be glossy; (for a woman) to be alluring; to look sexy
several times; once or twice
PET bottle (clear plastic beverage bottle)
rivalry of local warlords; a number of powerful (talented, influential) persons standing by themselves in a given field
to dry up (spring, pond, etc.); to run out
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion
to be at a loss how to continue; to become disheartened
steel trap; foothold trap; bear trap
rehash; (boring) rerun; second brew of tea
depiction; description; portrayal
stock-in-trade; tools of one's trade
direct descent; direct line
to change into; to be transformed; to be transfigured; to transform; to alter; to convert
to connect; to join; to join or tie or knot together
patterns of thinking; train of thought
elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
Japanese dock (plant) (Rumex japonicus)
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
lesson; precept; teachings; moral
businesslike; professional
multilateral; many-sided; diversified
to be possible (in terms of time, money, etc.); to be able (to do); to fit (schedule, budget)