eve (esp. Christmas Eve); the night before
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
high-functioning; high-performance; sophisticated
Express Mail Service; EMS; European Monetary System; Engine Management System; Electronics Manufacturing Services; Expanded Memory Specification (MS-DOS); Environmental Management System
group engaged in some activity (players, companies, forces, etc.)
made in Japan; Japanese-made
overtime; outside of hours (school, office, surgery, etc.)
selling pressure; downward pressure; bearish pressure
position in a game of go or shogi; state of the game; aspect of an affair; situation
fully fledged; full-fledged; proper; competent; qualified; full-grown
profit and loss; advantage and disadvantage
gaudy; showy; garish; crooked; vicious; wicked
Special Income Tax for Reconstruction (of areas affected by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami)
head of the family (esp. as recorded in the resident register); head of the household; householder
spouse; wife; husband; partner
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
1,000,000,000,000; one trillion
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
to boast; to brag; to recite (a song or poem to oneself); to bark; to roar
to wear a mask; to hide one's true intentions
to say repeatedly; to say proverbially
clearing of accounts; evening-up of accounts; liquidation
financial power; financial means; wealth
to eat oneself out of house and home; to eat up completely