ability; capability; skill
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
economic difficulties; financial difficulties; fiscal difficulties
Japanese spirea (Spiraea Japonica); meadowsweet; Shimotsuke (former province located in present-day Tochigi Prefecture)
cherry tree; cherry blossom; light pink; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder
territory (of country, feudal domain, etc.); (arch.) counter for suits of clothing, sets of armor, etc.
rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction
agricultural community; farm village; rural
self-interest; selfish desire; greed
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
restoration; return; reduction; resolution; deoxidization
repayment of someone's kindness; showing one's gratitude; moral requital
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
seven-to-three ratio; 70-30 split; 70-30 hair part; hairstyle with hair parted in a 70-30 ratio
Fukushima Prefecture (Tōhoku area)
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
something of the same size; the said university
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
admission (to an institute, nursery school, facility, etc.); entrance; imprisonment; incarceration; internment
rat (esp. a laboratory rat)
chemical substance; chemical
oral administration (of medicine)
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
every ...; every other ...; at intervals of ...; with ... in between; ... apart
(United States of) America; USA; US
medical university; medical college; medical school
centre; center; center fielder
experiment; experimentation
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
present post; current office; (an) incumbent
general incorporated association
board chairman; managing director; chief director
science; learning; scholarship; arts and sciences; academic pursuits
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
winning a prize; receiving an award; being awarded