guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
simmer; bubble out; flow out
younger scholar; future reference
eleven nines (i.e. 99.999999999%)
sharp drop; plunge; nosedive; slump; (value or amount) plummeting
since some time ago; for quite a while; already
a cut above; one step above
model; standard; pattern; norm; criterion; example
group suicide; mass suicide; arranged suicide of two or more people
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
manjū (steamed bun) with meat filling
Chinese-style stir-fry containing green peppers and meat; pepper steak (US)
borscht (Eastern European and Russian soup, usu. made with beets); borsch
chopped kabayaki eel on rice; eel fillets cooked over charcoal with soy flavoured sauce, cut in small pieces and served on rice
stepping back; drawing back
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
proud; triumphant; boastful
to pester someone (e.g. to buy something)
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
most recent work (e.g. book, film, etc.); latest work; latest offering
to mark the passage of time; to let (feel) time pass
reading through (a book); finishing (a book)
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
evangelist; evangelistic worker
people who share an interest; people of similar tastes; kindred minds
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
mourning (dead persons); memorial