science; learning; scholarship; arts and sciences; academic pursuits
piece; fragment; one (object)
technical (e.g. discussion); exclusive; professional
study; diligence; discount; reduction
appearance; air; condition; state; form
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
control; management (e.g. of a business)
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
to be selected (from among many people)
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for
anything and everything; all sorts of things; by all means
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
covering; filled in; complete; total; cliched; clichéd; plaintext
friendly chat; pleasant chat; lighthearted talk; friendly conversation
maintenance; preservation; improvement
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
type of occupation; occupational category
for example; for instance; e.g.
firm; strong; unbending; unyielding; uncompromising; stubborn
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter; nothing to worry about
while; during (the time when)
the aforementioned; the said; (man, incident, etc.) in question; the usual
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake