twentieth century; Nijisseiki pear (variety of nashi); Nijusseiki pear
leadership; initiative; spearhead
museum (esp. in memory of a person or event); memorial hall
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
origin; beginning; source
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
to enclose (a word, letter, symbol, etc.) with a circle
derivative; outgrowth; offshoot
exactly right!; indeed; damn straight
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to be discouraged; to shrink from
basis; grounds; base (of operations); base (of a group of stones)
hollow; cavity; dent; depression
carving; engraving; chiselled features
vertex; apex; top (e.g. of a mountain); summit; top (of a profession, field, etc.); summit
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
unidentified flying object; UFO
ill-natured; mean; mischievous; nasty; unkind; teasing