at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
ago; since; before; previous
to collect; to assemble; to gather
extermination; annihilation
(turned out) all right in the end
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
(temporary) closure of school
Golden Week (early-May holiday season in Japan)
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
to sit at a desk (to study); to set to work on revision, homework, etc.
(piece of) writing; document; (act of) writing
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
to fall asleep; to sleep deeply
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
control; bringing under control; settling (a matter); putting in order
around the world; throughout the world
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
increase; multiplication; propagation; proliferation
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
thereupon; shortly thereafter
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)
leavings of a meal; food scraps; leftovers; food particles (in one's teeth or mouth); bits of food
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
unprecedented; unique; unparalleled
the other day; a few days ago
research material; experimental material
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
material for experiments; experimental material
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
to serve; to work for; to attend
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit