every single word and phrase; word by word
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
unusual power; superpower; ability beyond that of humans
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
dispute; controversy; debate; argument; taking issue
anti-mainstream faction; fringe group; dissident group
country closed to information from the outside world
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
certainly; surely; definitely
generic; general purpose; all-purpose
demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move
revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing
to project; to overhang; to stick out; to put up (a notice); to post
unsuccessful candidate; rejected person
recommender; nominator; referee
fixed date; appointed day
defect; deficiency; imperfection; Yours in haste
studying very hard; studying like mad
passing mark (examination); passing grade
tediously; repetitively; insistently; ad nauseam; at great length
since one's birth; in one's whole life; all one's life
last (on the list); (at the) bottom; (in) last position; tailender
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
to be left in the dust (of); to be outdone (by); to be subordinate (to); to play second fiddle (to); to take second billing (to)
for your information; I'm telling you
geta; Japanese wooden clogs; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character
training wheels; stabilizers
optimism; taking an optimistic view
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet
back to back; discord; feud; opposite sides of the same coin
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
face; mug; surface; cheek meat; (arch.) cheek; (arch.) cheeks
to make merry and forget one's troubles; to do as one pleases
to act cocky; to put on airs; to be full of oneself
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