student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker
weakening; emaciation; decline
approximation; rough estimate; ballpark figure
lesion; pathological change
ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making
common people; ordinary people; masses
to participate in; to take part in; to play a part in; to receive; to be given; to enjoy
(growing) quickly (esp. children, plants); (developing) quickly; fast; rapidly
for convenience; as a matter of convenience
result; effect; performance; workmanship; execution; shape and quality (of an article)
level; standard; water level
goodness; excellence; virtue
brothers and sisters; siblings
quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly
adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
alternation of generations
descendant; posterity; offspring
to continue to increase; to continue to mount
reeking of blood; stinking of blood; bloody (battle, crime, etc.)
centralized authoritarian rule; centralised authoritarian rule
forced to use; forced into a position
topographic map; elevation map
Honshū (largest of the four main islands of Japan); Honshu
administrative organ; administrative body; governmental body
(social) class; rank; grade
dispute; argument; contention
epidemic; plague; pestilence
otherwise; if not; or else
geta; Japanese wooden clogs; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
anyone; any person; whoever
life; living; I; me; student
diversion; putting something to another use
mankind; the human creature; fellow creatures