trial calculation; preliminary calculation; estimation
balance; difference (in price, cost); margin
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
unreality; becoming disconnected from reality
to read (a book, etc.) over again
what date?; what's the date?; when?
despite; in spite of; not worrying about; without fear of
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
complementation; supplementation; completion
omission of a character; omitted character; blank type; insertion of blank spaces before and after the names of dignitaries (as a sign of respect)
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
world history; international history
unable to resist; unable to suppress
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of
chief; head (of an office, of a laboratory)
science; learning; scholarship; arts and sciences; academic pursuits
8000; eight thousand; many
trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype
root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base
ambitious; motivated; willful
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
air con; air conditioner; air conditioning
television program; TV program
last time; last inning; last part; final episode (of a television program)
engaging in (work); pursuing (e.g. studies); following (a profession); being involved in
something worth mentioning; something to count on; something problematic