reading aloud; recitation
dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened
mix; mixture; (pre-made) mix; cake mix; mixed; mixed doubles team
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
bereavement; separation by death; loss
change; transformation; reform; revolution; revolutionizing; innovation
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
science; to think about scientifically; to think in terms of science
distilled liquor; spirits
letterpress printing; movable-type printing
establishment; settlement
composition; constitution; composition (of a molecule, compound, etc.); constituent ratio; relative proportion of elements
to extend one's knowledge
innovative; liberal; reformist; progressive
being the sole winner; beating everyone else; winner-take-all; mostly alone; mostly by oneself
to sleep together (e.g. man and a woman); to lie with each other
going along with a joke, etc. at the beginning then pointing out its ridiculousness
hostess bar; bar with female companions for male customers
digital versatile disc; DVD
to melt together; to blend together
omniscience and omnipotence
lovely; cute; charming; sweet
rebirth; new birth; nascent
major change; major transformation
(not) the slightest bit; (not) the least; (not) at all
piling up; multiple layers
H; h; indecent; lewd; (having) sex; pervert; nth year in the Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed; undersea; submarine
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
weightlessness; zero gravity
mischievous child; scamp; rascal; elf; imp
bad influence; negative influence
crazy behavior; deranged conduct
of no concern at all; I couldn't care less; no skin off my nose
unclear; indistinct; obscure; opaque; inarticulate; dim
shame; disgrace; (sexual) violation; rape
erotic humiliation; sexual humiliation; deliberate provocation of shame or embarrassment for erotic pleasure
strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger