tea olive (Osmanthus fragrans); fragrant olive; sweet olive
closely-packed series of lectures; intensive course
female announcer; woman who makes public announcements (e.g. from an election campaign truck)
focus of one's attention; what one is looking for
industrial area; industrial district; industrial zone
research for a graduation thesis; graduation thesis work; graduation research project
way of taking (e.g. photographs); manner of taking; how to take
(facial) scrub; scrubs (clothing)
commercial area; business district
anthology; selection of books
pierced; drilled; perforated; hollow
to be recognized (by someone of higher status); to be noticed; to get attention
laundering (e.g. of money)
podgily; plumply; thickly
distributary; tributary; branched flow (river, current, etc.)
risk aversion; hedging; danger avoidance
extremely cold feeling that makes one feel numb; sharp pain that is almost numbing; heartrending; touching the heart
what action to take; what to do with oneself
(one's) handling of the reins; how well one controls things
being intrusive; intrusive person
to translate; to interpret
not knowing what to do with oneself (out of embarrassment, etc.); not knowing where to put oneself; feeling out of place; feeling that one doesn't belong
to get a big surprise; to be astonished
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; non-human primate
to blow (of autumn wind); to fall out of love
information leak; intelligence leak
speaker; narrator; speaker (of a language)
to lose face; to be disgraced
leading actor; star; leading figure; central figure; key figure
negotiable; further discussion needed
absentmindedly; vacantly; dully; to be unattractive; to be unsophisticated; to be unrefined