village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
divination; fortune-telling; mantic
research establishment; research institute; laboratory
construction; establishment
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
it seems so; that's what it looks like
village headman; village mayor
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
apparent; obvious; very clear
rough; careless; slovenly; slipshod; rude; impolite
outside world; physical world
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
insular; closed; unsociable; exclusive
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
taking no notice; ignoring; not even looking at
materials; data; document
consequently; as a result
grasp; catch; understanding
special selection; finest pick; top pick
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
study; research; investigation
I see; that's right; indeed
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
estimate (of costs); budget
observatory; observation post
only; merely; but; no more than