high in the sky; highest heaven
drugstore; pharmacy; chemist
to butter up; to try to get on the good side of
bad-tempered woman; shrew; vixen; virago
fairyland; never-never land
area including Nagoya and Kobe
biting (cold); severe; intense; piercing
difficult, dirty, and dangerous (work); apartment with three bedrooms and a kitchen
to finger; to tamper (with)
Olympic cauldron; Olympic flame platform
silver nugget; silver ingot; silver bullion
boundary; bounds of the earth
being still half asleep; being half awake; being not yet quite awake
piece placed to block opponent's check; interposed piece
Chinese scarlet eggplant (Solanum integrifolium); tomato-fruit eggplant; tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
broad view; big picture; wide perspective
to temper; to harden; to torture; to discipline
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to mesh (of gears); (fig.) to be in sync (of people, organizations, etc.)
inferior position; inferior situation; disadvantage; subordination
One Thousand and One Nights; Arabian Nights
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
towering (as mountains do); of outstanding greatness (as a person)