around the world; throughout the world
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
to become stormy; to become rough (of the sea); to fall into ruin; to become neglected; to become rough (of skin); to get chapped
completely using up ...; running out of ...; exhausting ...
to assume an aspect; to take on an appearance
recollecting; reminiscing; looking back; retrospection; review
the big two ...; two major ...; two main ...
prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum
kindergarten (in Japan, non-compulsory education from age 3 until primary school); preschool
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
foreign; abroad; overseas
child who has returned to Japan after living abroad; returnee child; (Japanese) person who lived abroad during (part of) their childhood
shop selling local specialties from other regions; shop used for testing sales of new products; showroom
work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
devoting oneself to; concentrating on; being an ardent admirer of; (arch.) tipping over and collapsing
upper grades of primary school (sixth, fifth, and sometimes fourth grades)
Dragon Quest (video game; media franchise) (abbr)
vigorously (ripping, tearing, scratching, etc.); roughly; (eating) with a crunch; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
to read out (e.g. data from a computer or process); to retrieve
countenance; features; looks
Agatha Christie (English novelist; 1890-1976)
military of the Empire of Japan
head; leader; top; (arch.) important part
going upstream; sailing against the current
Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2
atomic energy; nuclear power
setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement
light novel; young-adult fiction novel, typically illustrated in a manga art style
to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
to finish reading; to read through