be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
South Pole; the Antarctic; Antarctica
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
to be lacking in options; to be too few
difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble
authenticity; credibility
weathering; fading (of memories); efflorescence
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
being enrolled (at a school); being registered; being a member (of a team, organization, etc.)
professor; teaching; instruction
incident; affair; happening; event
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
discovery; detection; finding
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable
transfer; redirection; transmission; forwarding (telephone call, e-mail, etc.)
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
godsend; lifesaver; timely offer; windfall
individual; private person; personal; private
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
to crop; to shear; to cut or trim something evenly; to make all the same length
trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
carnivore; carnivorous animal
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
very; extremely; excessively
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
arranging beforehand to tell the same story; getting the stories straight; coordinating one's stories
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness