evaluation; appraisal; assessment; judgement; estimation; criticism
learned society; scientific society; academy; academic meeting; academic conference
decider; person who decides; decisive factor; clincher; key
(very) unusual; unconventional; eccentric; novel; original; striking
taboo word; forbidden topic; words or phrases not allowed (in waka and haikai)
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
reporter; speaker; informer; presenter; rapporteur
compulsory; obligatory; mandatory
fidelity; truth; authenticity; credibility
ignoring; disregarding; taking no notice of; refusing to comment on; turning a deaf ear to
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
original (document, copy, work, text, etc.); root; origin; source
black line; linea nigra; pregnancy line
extent to which (something) is true or false; whether or not (something) is true
(the two persons' sides) being evenly matched in ability
to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to pay attention to; to watch
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
to decide the outcome (e.g. game); to be very different; to be sharply contrasted
to arrive (by car, bike, etc.); to drive up to; to draw up at; to get used to riding; to get used to driving
based on; built on; made from
path through forest; woodland path; logging road
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
to become familiar (to one's ears)
very low frequency sound; heavy bass sound; low-register sound
evergreen tree; (an) evergreen
meandering; snaking; zigzagging
towering; astonishingly high
life; living; I; me; student
bipolarization; bipolarisation
live tree; green wood; unseasoned wood
reduced scale; scaling down
bent back; hunchback; stoop
to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high
thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; halfway; half-done; incomplete