white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
Japanese person; Japanese people
Europe and America; the West
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
proficient; skillful; enjoying; satisfaction; satiation
medical science; medicine
electronic engineering; electronics
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
without; but if; otherwise; or else
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
English(-language) literature; British literature
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
primordial; fundamental; basic; primitive
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because