Douglas; Dauglass; Donglass; Douglass
recent past; recent times; early modern period (Azuchi-Momoyama to Edo in Japan)
quadruped walking; walking on four legs
to seek a path; to find one's way
proposal; motion; recommendation
asymmetry; dissymmetry; unsymmetry
valley (with a river running through it); gorge; ravine; canyon
imposingly; heavily; conspicuously; in a dignified manner
running aground; being stranded; grounding; beaching
hyperfine; ultrafine; nanoscale; nano-; micro-
to resound; to reverberate; to make a stir
wide open sky; the blue; heavens; firmament
only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be
to finger; to play with; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
destabilization; destabilisation
submersion; inundation; being flooded
cruise; navigation; sailing
automatic transmission; AT; achievement test; alternative technology; appropriate technology; auditory trainer
to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out
sound of pistol fire; sound of exploding gunpowder; exchange of (pistol) fire; shootout; conflict
to come out completely; to be fully expressed (of views, ideas, etc.); to be aired fully; to be exhausted; to run out
to become desperate; to give in to despair
finely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first); mince; hitting (e.g. a drum); striking; bashing; criticizing; robbery
difficult problem; challenge
armchair; chair with arm rests; senior staff
unprecedented; never seen before
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
vessel; ship; shipping; seacraft
fishing grounds; permitted fishing zone
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
subway; metro; underground (railway)
base fare (for a bus, train, taxi, etc.); minimum fare
(pork) cutlet curry; tonkatsu curry
sensibilities of the common people; ordinary people's way of thinking; popular sentiment