to improve one's skill (esp. at calligraphy or drinking larger amounts of alcohol)
target group; target persons
fact-finding survey based on interviews; oral survey; interview survey
to yearn for; to be in love with
one end; an end; part; fragment
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
mystery; something inexplicable; unfathomable (of a Buddha's abilities); 10^64 (or 10^80)
research area; field of research
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
Great East Japan earthquake (March 11, 2011); Tōhoku earthquake; Tohoku earthquake; Sendai earthquake
area struck (by some disaster); location of a disaster
earthquake disaster; Great Kanto Earthquake (1923)
human; human-like; as a person
to get excited; to make one's heart leap; to make one's heart pound
historic; historical; traditional
black magic; black art; witchcraft; sorcery
uncivilized; uncivilised; undeveloped (land); unexplored (territory, field, etc.); unbloomed (flower)
shaman; Sherman (WW2 tank)
barbarian; savage; savage (primitive) people (race)
rational; reasonable; logical
Western civilization; Western civilisation
different opinion; objection
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
the West; the Occident; Western countries
rationality; reasonableness
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
I think (something) won't (something); probably (something) isn't (something)
stoic; stoical; self-disciplined; abstemious; Stoic (philosopher)
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
passion; enthusiasm; zeal