elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
present-day science; modern science
revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
duty; obligation; responsibility
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
government office; agency; board
Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
inheritance; bequest; legacy; heritage
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE); Vietnam
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
going public (with a matter); becoming public knowledge; recourse to litigation; taking (a matter) to court
to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
decisive blow; game-winning hit (e.g. in baseball)
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
real life; actual life; everyday life
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
conversion; reform; correcting someone's conduct
settlement; solution; resolution
to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)