term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology
site (usu. website); sight; payable on sight
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent
largest class; top category
lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
fourth day of the month; four days
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
scale; scope; plan; structure
National Aeronautics and Space Administration; NASA
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
natural calamity; disaster
to do physical exercise; to be physically active; (lit.) to move one's body
Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo-Cutter)
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
story; tale; talk; discussion
loveable; very likeable; like very much
calm; composed; cool; quiet
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
secrecy; highly classified information
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
substance; real form; main part; main unit; this machine; this appliance; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.)