two eights; hachi-hachi (type of game)
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
continuous; sustained; sustainable; durable; persistent
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age
severe (injury, handicap, etc.); serious
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
uncertain; vague; ambiguous
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
action; operation; effect; function
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
root; source; origin; cause
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
to become clear; to be made public
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
paper width; allotted number of pages (e.g. for article in magazine); assigned space; binding for calligraphy and paintings
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
to reach mutual understanding; to understand each other
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
operation; functioning; running