woman in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics); female scientist
embezzlement; misappropriation of public funds; defalcation
failing college entrance exams and retaking them a year later
initial stage; early period
aramid fibre; aramid fiber
online shopping; net shopping
motorsports; motor sports; motor race
comedian; comic celebrity; comic
death of God (in philosophy)
death with dignity; natural death (as opposed to extending one's life unnaturally with life support)
World War III; Third World War
conventions to be followed in composing Japanese poetry; phraseology; diction; rules of grammar and syntax when reading kanbun in Japanese
money (esp. dirty money); loot; hardtack; dough
outfield bleachers; outsider; onlooker; bystander
bioterrorism; biological terrorism
actuator; access mechanism (e.g. disk)
incredible response (company dealing with a complaint, celebrity dealing with fans, etc.); incredible service
figure of speech; rhetorical flourish
fraudulent business of selling goods by claiming they will bring supernatural benefits
democracy; democratic nation
to rearrange (classes); to recompose; to reset; to recombine (genes)
to be disgusted; to be repulsed; to get the creeps
contrived; false-sounding
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency
life-prolonging treatment
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably