minute; detailed; careful; scrupulous; thorough
Japanese person; Japanese people
ceasing to think; refusing to think critically; giving up thinking (for oneself); going blank; mental block; inability to think clearly
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
genius; prodigy; natural gift
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
probatio diabolica; devil's proof
space alien; alien; extraterrestrial being
living thing; organism; creature; biology
area of expertise; (one's) field; (one's) line
to be wide-ranging; to be diverse; to cover a lot of ground; to cover various topics
belief; faith; adherence; espousal
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
dawning (of a new era); dawn
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
party; set; gang; company; person
perfunctory; apathetic; makeshift; slapdash; routine; usual
to dig down; to dig into (a matter); to delve into; to probe into
saying; maxim; aphorism; proverb
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
this (very thing); this precisely
child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
to use properly; to use (different things) for different purposes
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
to plan; to intend; to aspire to; to set aims (sights on)
arguing someone down; scolding; rebuking; proclaiming (the truth); expounding
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
to be relieved; to feel relieved
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance