speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
moule; common (blue) mussel
foreign; abroad; overseas
to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
popular figure; person in demand; favorite; favourite
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
Revelation (book of the Bible); the Apocalypse
of established reputation; fully established; (universally) recognized; acknowledged; leading
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
a few years ago; some years back
selection committee member; member of a screening committee
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
selection and commentary (on literary texts or poems)
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
cool; indifferent; apathetic; cold; cold-hearted; heartless
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
self-conceit; self-satisfaction; self-righteousness; self-importance; complacency
writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition; formal writing with little real meaning
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; appeal; strength
genuine article; real thing; real deal
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
obi; kimono sash; band; belt; cingulum; radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days
the aforementioned; the said; (man, incident, etc.) in question; the usual
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against