high and low; rise and fall
billow; surge; large wave
both sides; two sides; double-sided
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
language learning ability; foreign language skills; linguistic ability
to compile; to bring together; to weave; to put together; to bring to a conclusion; to wrap up
being outstanding; excelling; being foremost
wisdom; intellectual power; intelligence; mental capacity; brains
around the world; throughout the world
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
to gain; to earn (for oneself); to win
one's long-cherished desire
tuna (edible fish, Thunnus spp.); tunny; Pacific bluefin tuna (edible fish, Thunnus orientalis); dead lay; starfish
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
beyond imagination; unimaginable
once; one time; exclusively; only; alone
the sun; sunlight; heat of the sun
stinging (pain); smarting; tingling
to peel off; to come off; to be taken off
settling or depositing (at the bottom of something); deposition; pigmentation; composure; calmness
freckles; buckwheat chaff
(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
renewal; replacement; regeneration; metabolism
lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk
ecdysis; shedding (of skin); sloughing; freeing oneself; breaking with (convention, etc.)
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
proneness to being ill; being sick a lot; proneness to disease
on the occasion of; at the time of