to discharge (e.g. effluent)
skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
apartment worth 100 million yen or more; luxury apartment
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
despite; in spite of; not worrying about; without fear of
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
rock (music); rock; boulder; on the rocks
deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely
to take a veneer off something
to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty
to be pretentious; to put on airs; to try to appear smart; to act brave; to try to look cool
to be angular; to jut out; to be pointed; to be formal; to be stiff; to be ceremonious
artificial object; man-made object; artifact; artefact
to put a stop to; to put a hold on; to put the brakes on; to call a halt to; to block; to shelve
to talk to oneself; to mutter
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
unidentified flying object; UFO
unevenness; bumpiness; roughness; imbalance; inequality; unevenness
Milky Way galaxy; Milky Way; the Galaxy; galactic system; galaxy
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; not knowing the true nature
eyewitness report; eyewitness information
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
transit (passenger); connecting (flight); transfer (ticket)
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
(in the) same boat; (sharing a) common destiny
to make progress; to develop; to evolve (method, style, etc.)