form; shape; figure; visage
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
science and technology; scientific technique
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
in that way; thus; so; so?
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
Siberia; cake made with layers of sweet bean paste and sponge cake
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
Hiroshima (city, prefecture)
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
round shape; circle; circular form
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat
swallowing whole; swallowing without chewing; taking something in without fully understanding it; accepting without reservation; accepting something as-is
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
book; volume; this; present; main; head
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
root and branch; thoroughly; by the roots; completely; all
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming