slug
A slug is a bullet.
an expected surge in demand
If there is a surge in the level or rate of something, or if the level or rate of something surges, there is a sudden large increase in it.
Akao Aluminum Co. has produced its first batch in four years to meet an expected surge in demand for small change as the consumption tax jumps to 8 percent on Tuesday.
hiatus
A hiatus is a pause in which nothing happens, or gap where something is missing.
Supplier of ¥1 coins ends four-year hiatus for Abe’s sales tax hike.
tie the knot
If you say that two people tie the knot, you mean that they get married.
Pop icon Elton John says hi will tie the knot with partner.
resemble
If one thing or person resembles another, they are similar to each other.
A team from South Korea and the United States has used nano-materials to create a flexible and stretchable adhesive bandage.
epilepsy
Epilepsy is a brain condition which causes a person to suddenly lose consciousness and sometimes to have fits.
Methods for monitoring so-called movement disorders such as epilepsy and Parkinson’s disease have traditionally included video recordings or wearable devices.
asylum seeker
難民
Asylum seekers arriving in Australia on unauthorized boats will no longer be granted free advice on immigration matters.
arbitrate
When someone arbitrates between two people who are in dispute, they consider all the facts and decide who is right.
Filipino officials took their territorial disputes with China to international arbitration in January 2013.
tribunal
A tribunal is a special court or committee that is appointed to deal with particular problems.
The Philippines presented evidence to an international tribunal against China’s sweeping territorial claims in the South China Sea.
wrap up
If you wrap up something such as a job or an agreement, you complete it in a satisfactory way.
’Waratte Iitomo!’ wraps up after 32 years on air.
plaintiff
A plaintiff is a person who brings a legal case against someone in a court of law.
quadruple
If someone quadruples an amount, or if it quadruples, it becomes four times bigger.
autopsy
An autopsy is an examination of a dead body by a doctor to discover the cause of death.
A autopsy will be carried out on both men.
cardiac massage
心臓マッサージ
choked on his diner
夕食で窒息する
A man choked on his dinner and was taken to nearby hospital.
detainee
A detainee is someone who is being held prisoner by a government or being held by the police.
Two detainees at an immigration center in Ushiku died over the weekend.
whiff
If there is a whiff of something, there is a faint smell of it.
Is that a whiff of beer hops?
hoard
If you hoard things such as food or money, you save or store them, often in secret, because they are valuable or important to you.
Many people were buying products that they could hoard.
leap
If you leap, or if you take a leap, you jump high in the air or jump a long distance
Isetan Mitsukoshi Ltd. saw a huge leap in business on the consumption tax climbs to 8 percent from the current 5 percent.
revoke
When someone in authority revokes something such as an order, they cancel it.
Japan shall revoke any existent authorization
disguise
If you disguise yourself, or if you are in disguise, you alter your appearance so that people will not recognize you.
The program was a commercial activity disguised as science.
Antarctic
Antarctic is area around the South Pole.
The U.N.’s top court ordered Japan to end its anual Antarctic whale hunt.
