total situation fully understood; understood; agreed
bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh
after a long time; for the first time in a while
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
reconstruction; reorganization; reorganisation; reconstitution; reconfiguration
overestimation; overvaluing
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
Milky Way; luminous band corresponding to the plane of the galaxy
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to read thoroughly; to read repeatedly; to express (e.g. emotion in poetry); to read (extra meaning) into (something); to fetch (e.g. CPU inst.); to read (data into a system)
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
konpeitō; small coloured sugar candy covered with tiny bulges
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
formation; molding; making up; repair (e.g. plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
to differ; to be different; to run counter to; to change (into something out of the ordinary)
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
every evening; every night
drum; croaker (any fish of the family Sciaenidae); Nibe croaker (Nibea mitsukurii)
foraminifer; foraminiferan
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
alchemy; way of making money; moneymaker; money-spinner
to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove
the prosecution; prosecution side
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
rest area; rest stop; service area (next to a highway); service station; parking area
of little importance; trivial; worthless; valueless
close investigation; careful examination; scrutiny
part of a building where water is circulated (kitchen, bathroom, etc.); wet area