speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
area on Japan Sea side of Japan, including Niigata
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
special; particular; peculiar; unique
foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
science fiction; sci-fi; SF
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
degeneration; retrogression
modern person; people of today
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
many; much; plenty; hardly
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
tattoo (esp. not traditional Japanese)
to have meaning; to be meaningful
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
(camera) shutter; shutter (for a door, window, etc.)
buzzer; personal alarm (loud buzzer to attract attention in case of attack)
two persons; two people; pair; couple
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
both hands; both arms; ten
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during