science; learning; scholarship; arts and sciences; academic pursuits
views; opinion; discernment; pride; self-respect
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
important person; strategic person; key figure
nice-looking; seemingly fine; nice-sounding; polite-sounding; plausible (e.g. excuse); glib
to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to imagine; to guess; to infer
to be unable to do; to find something difficult to do
approval; adoption (of a motion, bill, etc.); passage
permanent member of the UN Security Council
to impress; to move one's heart; to touch (a person's heart)
I told you so; you see that?
mountain cherry (Cerasus jamasakura)
(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
outside world; physical world
premature joy; short-lived elation
day after day; day by day
to talk on and on; to talk one's head off
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
for goodness' sake; for the love of God; I implore you, ...; I beg of you, ...
to be enraged; to flip out
beating time with one's hands; clapping to the beat; making a careless move (in go, shogi, etc.); responding to an opponent's move without proper thought
stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling
pudding (esp. custard); black hair dyed blond but where the roots have again turned black
sidelong glance; flirtatious glance
slight; light; thin; faint; dim
defense; defence; pleading; advocacy
something-something; yada yada; so-and-so
contrived; false-sounding
to give an impression; to make an impression
exemption; exoneration; discharge
field of activities; area of activity; range of behavior (behaviour); habitat
to depend (on the situation); to be handled case by case
ignoring (one thing) for (another)
to count on one's fingers
(written) contract; agreement
section (e.g. in a newspaper); column; field (in a form, web page, etc.); blank; handrail; railing