to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
with one's life (protect, etc.); at the cost of one's life
using as an intermediary; through
to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
everything; anything; nothing
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
double-dealing; double tongue; going back on what one has said; repeating oneself
party (political); person who is fond of; fan of
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
department of science and engineering
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)
woman in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics); female scientist
going side-by-side; going abreast; running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with
parallel universe; alternative reality; parallel world
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
figure of speech; rhetorical flourish
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
mandarin (esp. the satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu)); mandarin orange; tangerine; citrus (Citrus spp.)
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
to conceal one's true nature or feelings; to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite
aggression; invasion; raid
how long; how far; how much
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
life; living; I; me; student
initial stage; early period
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
greed; worldly or materialistic desires
wasteful person; spendthrift
research establishment; research institute; laboratory