Boston bag; overnight bag; traveling bag (travelling)
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
document; official papers
panoramic view; bird's-eye view
to dress stylishly; to joke; to play on words
to rub; to scrub; to scrape; to draw near; to press
to rise (steeply); to tower; to soar
to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
blueprint; cyanotype; blueprint (for the future); plan
copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
rough sketch; floor plan; blueprint
to be outdone (by); to be in inferior (to); to compare unfavorably (with); to be behind
proud; triumphant; boastful
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
10,000,000,000; ten billion
personal funds; one's own money; self-funding
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
bank; banking institution
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million