fact-finding survey based on interviews; oral survey; interview survey
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
mysterious and unconfirmed animals (e.g. chupacabra, etc.)
love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
unidentified mysterious animal
suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; attractive; distinguished; showy
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
freely; right and left; as one pleases
gallant; brave; imposing; awe-inspiring; severe; biting
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
leftovers; half-eaten food; leftover food
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much
genius; prodigy; natural gift
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
most of all; extremely; supremely
pretty; charming; lovely; adorable
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
acorn barnacle (Balanomorpha spp.)
characteristic; traditional; peculiar; inherent; native; eigen-
to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
order; rank; position (e.g. in a race); precedence
all-weather; weather-proof
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
small build; small stature; petite; small pattern
since one was born; (in) all one's life
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again