(so marvelous or horrible that it may be) the first and probably the last
guard (on a sword); brim (of a hat); visor; brim (of a pot); flange
close friendship; close friend; good friend; intimate relations; sexual intercourse; sex
to love one another; to be affectionate towards each other; to have sex; to make love
to be flabbergasted; to be dumbfounded
supply; provision; raising; procurement
thread-sail filefish (Stephanolepis cirrhifer); skinning (an animal); stripping (a tree of its bark); barking
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless
exactly the opposite (of); completely opposite; quite contrary
material; materials; data; information; documents
common saying; everyday talk; common parlance; vulgar; lowbrow; indecent
sexual (i.e. relating to biological sex); sexual (relations, attraction, abuse, etc.)
stool (feces) examination
Vatican City; Vatican City State
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
English-Japanese dictionary
Japanese word constructed of elements from one or more English terms; pseudo-English word or phrase coined in Japan; wasei eigo
SAT; Scholastic Assessment Test; Scholastic Aptitude Test
preeminence; excellence; superiority; transcendence
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
yokozuna (highest rank in sumo); grand champion; best in its field; crème de la crème; cream of the crop
(school) grade; year; class; grade; kyu (junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
three countries; Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE); (arch.) Japan, China and India; (arch.) Japan, Korea and China
stepping back; drawing back
not knowing at all (that); without the slightest idea (that); completely unaware (that)
passionate; ardent; enthusiastic
cupboard; locker; closet; wardrobe; cabinet
electrically powered; electric
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
you; Mr; Mister; older brother; elder brother
reluctantly; grudgingly; unwillingly
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to