roller coaster; big dipper
beyond human understanding
spread; span; expanse; extent
3G; third generation (of wireless cellular technology)
hectic; bewildering; bustling; dizzy
pair of compasses; compass (for drawing circles, etc.); (mariner's) compass; legs; step
decimal point; radix point
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
8000; eight thousand; many
unconventional; eccentric; offbeat; aberrant; outlandish; crazy
Sagami (former province located in present-day Kanagawa Prefecture)
broken; intermittent; disconnected
wired; cabled; communication by wire
to intertwine; to twist together
minuteness; one millionth
going along with something; following the crowd; treating something in an equal or egalitarian manner
sense of urgency; feeling of high tension
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification