overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic
to be matched against (in a sports contest)
re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-
hearsay; learning by hearsay
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
experimental; provisional
reinforcement; augmentation; strengthening; increase; buildup
seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
pale; pallid; bluish-white
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
easy to drink; easy to swallow; quaffable
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
abundant harvest; bumper crop
semibasement; semi-basement
disregarding; taking no account of; ignoring; overlooking
preparing one's own lunch; bringing one's own lunch; paying for one's own lunch; working without pay; volunteer work
personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost; indirect labour costs; indirect labor costs
existing (between); interposition; intervention; involvement
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct