rooting up (weeds, etc.); eradication; rooting out; stamping out
error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense
copy; reproduction; replica; facsimile
(having) bad marks or results (e.g. in school); of poor quality or workmanship
to abandon; to throw away; to discard; to forsake
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction; annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling on appeal); quashing
to arrive home; to return
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
to narrow the focus; to focus attention (on); to concentrate (on); to zero in
to become accustomed to calling (e.g. someone by a certain name)
error; mistake; slip; bug
voice; speech; phone (as opposed to a phoneme); speech sound; audio; sound (as opposed to the picture)
patterns of thinking; train of thought
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
Kamakura shogunate (1185-1333)
traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...
dust; small debris (e.g. dirt, crumbs); trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit
person inside a cartoon body suit; voice actor (of a particular character); insider; person on the inside
kaki; Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki)
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
apologies for the crude food
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
reversal; return; return gift; return favour; barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
questions and answers; dialogue
enumeration; citation; listing
6th day of the month; six days
battle of wits; contest of wits
script; screenplay; scenario
root; origin; source; cause; basis; foundation
mechanization; mechanisation
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
to establish; to formulate