contradiction; inconsistency
tens of thousands of years
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
to live through; to survive
tossing (someone) into the air (in celebration)
victory celebration party; victory banquet
all-you-can-eat; eating as much as one likes
fight; fighting spirit; fight!; do your best
(shout of) encouragement; cheering; rooting; support
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
what are we going to do?; uh-oh; oh crap; what a mess; oh brother
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
just; fair; proper; reasonable
appearing in one's finest clothes; appearing in one's hour of triumph
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)
shop; small store; business; firm
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
place; European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa); plaice
Wace; Werth; Wirth; Worth