intellectual curiosity; out of curiosity; inquisitiveness
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
staying behind; remaining; residual
things left (to one) by the deceased; inherited item; estate; lost item; lost property
historic ruins (remains, relics); archeological site
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs
passage (of people, traffic); passing; common usage
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
visitor (to a shrine or temple)
washing machine (laundry)
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
sister (sibling); (Catholic) sister; sister (female partner in a homosexual relationship)
repentance; confession; penitence
speech; expression; wording; language
fallen scraps; scatterings; leftovers; remainder; student who cannot keep up in school; dropout (from school, society, a movement, etc.)
to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission
starting point of a mountain ascent; trailhead (leading up a mountain)
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
interval; break; pause; spare moment
research team; investigative team; survey team; reconnaissance team; investigative commission; fact-finding party
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
breakthrough; great discovery
environmental destruction
historical document; archives; old manuscript; pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular
thin dōjinshi, usually featuring adult content
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar