to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
fossil; petrifaction; petrification; fossilization
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
research establishment; research institute; laboratory
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
knowing; (an) acquaintance
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
color of water after washing rice (colour)
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain; England
running aground; being stranded; grounding; beaching
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
dozens; scores of; decades
discharge; outward flow; efflux; leak of (private) information or pictures
serious; severe; grave; acute
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
at that time; in those days
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
to concern; to be related
to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to deal with (an issue); to manage; to treat (someone); to deal with (someone)