every evening; night after night
prejudice; bias; distorted view
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
long; drawn-out; very long
moment; brief space of time
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
emoji; pictorial symbol; pictograph; ASCII art
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
(Japanese) feature phone; traditional Japanese-style cell phone (in contrast to smart phones)
flute; fife; pipe; whistle
sense of liberation; feeling of freedom
evaluation meeting; postmortem session; review meeting
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
secret intention; ulterior motive; kanji "heart" radical at bottom
ring; loop (of rope); halo (of an angel)
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); thinking ill of a person based on a misunderstanding; unjustified resentment caused by a misunderstanding; responding to kindness with resentment
foods topped with grated yam
heinous; treacherous; atrocious; diabolic; fiendish; inhuman
oasis; OASYS (Fujitsu WP system)
weird; disgusting; sickening
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
with a click; with a snap
formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff
original proposer; originator; proponent; initiator
to play a central role; to take a leading part
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
major contender; strong (leading) candidate; front runner
previously; already; for some time; for quite a while
antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards