research establishment; research institute; laboratory
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
to insert; to put in; to send in (to a prisoner; e.g. clothes, books); to deliver (food, refreshments, etc. to workers); to supply
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making
formation; molding; making up; repair (e.g. plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
hidden reserves of strength; latent energy; potentiality; real strength
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
thorny shrub; wild rose; briar; thorn; cusp
difference; discrepancy; variation
to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer; to stew
individual differences; personal equation
pickles made in brine and fermented rice bran (esp. vegetables, also meat, fish, eggs, etc.)
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
golden; gold-colored; gold-coloured; honey-colour
rice reaping; rice harvesting
brimming with health (vigor, vigour); full of vitality; full of health
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
complete financial statement; summing up; concluding
porcelain bowl; donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice
derailment; digression; deviation
to exert oneself; to devote oneself to
loach or eel dipped and broiled in soy-based sauce
worthy of; worth doing; worth having
group; party; team; organization; organisation; association
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
interview (i.e. television, newspaper, etc.)
instigator; originator; initiator; torch bearer; incendiary; agitator
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
sweeping over (e.g. of a natural disaster); engulfing; sweeping victory; clean sweep
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
day after day; day by day
most recent work (e.g. book, film, etc.); latest work; latest offering