research establishment; research institute; laboratory
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
postwar period; period after Second World War
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
war; fighting; fierce competition
early (days); initial stage; initial
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
item; heading; category; headword (in a dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.); entry
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
for example; for instance; e.g.
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
form; shape; figure; visage
pattern paper (for dressmaking)
drawn-out (protracted) war or contest
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
state of things; state of affairs; condition; situation; circumstances
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
those (near the second person)
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
general manager; director-general
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
passing each other; missing (meeting) each other; failing to meet; (being at) cross purposes; discrepancy
to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
kanji "grass radical" (radical 140); grass crown
(arch.) inspector (third highest of the four administrative ranks of the ritsuryo system); (noh) old man; white ash (of charcoal)
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side-by-side; to make someone get married; to get someone hitched
twenty-fifth day of the month; twenty-five days
designing a font; creating a new character not currently available
that year; same year; same age
while; during (the time when)
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar