specialization; specialisation
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
expulsion (of a pupil); excommunication; anathema; expulsion (from a gang)
inferiority complex; sense of inferiority
Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character); manuscript paper
the most; the best; the greatest; supreme; unrivalled; unsurpassed
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
ugh (when angry, irritated, etc.); ack; ach; tsk; keh
disgusting; sickening; revolting; nauseating
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
successively; one after another
several hundred; hundreds (of)
to continue to increase; to continue to mount
marine life; marine organism
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
observation; survey; watching
to happen to meet; to come across; to run into; to bump into
command; lead; generalship; leadership
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
pink; erotic; blue; pornographic
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
magic flute; flute with magical powers; The Magic Flute (opera by Mozart)
thousands; several thousand
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
immediately; at once; right away; directly; in person; first hand
rank (of troops); file; column; formation
to bite and tear; to bite a hole in
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
to be a matter of life or death; to be life-threatening
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
familiar spirit; familiar
demon; devil; -crazed person; -obsessed person; dreaded; terrible