required subject; compulsory course
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to decline (e.g. of morals); to be lost; to go into decline (of a town, business, etc.)
pedagogy; (study of) education
to make a fuss over; to pamper; to spoil; to indulge; to flatter (with attention)
Noguchi Hideyo (1876-1928)
scarcity value; rarity value; preciousness
carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
self-torturing; masochistic
unpleasant; revolting; feeling sick; feeling unwell; uncomfortable; annoying
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter; nothing to worry about
Yukawa Hideki (1907.1.23-1981.9.8) (1949 Nobel Prize in Physics)
faculty of engineering; school of engineering; college of engineering; department of engineering
humanities, social sciences, and fine arts; liberal arts
mass production of inferior goods
producing (people) in great numbers; appearing one after the other
main purpose; chief aim; focus; main point; gist; essence
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
grand; far-reaching; ambitious
unusual; unconventional; mold-breaking; outside the box
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
to the best of my ability, poor though it be
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
(place) out of sight; (somewhere) out of eyeshot
(arch.) difference (from one another); (arch.) different thing; (arch.) other; unusual; extraordinary
distant land; remote location; distant province
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
to be parted from; to be separated
unwelcome favor; unwelcome favour; misplaced kindness
popular (with); in favour (with); well received
delicious; great; wonderful
calabash (Lagenaria siceraria); bottle gourd; gourd (container); calabash
bell (used for summoning or signalling); buzzer
first class; first rank; one degree; one level; most; best