re-examination; reinvestigation
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
participation in a war; going to war; taking part in a competition or contest
competition rate; success rate; ratio of successful (applicants) to total applicants
ordinary; average; common; normal; like the average person; like most people
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
control; check; restraint; inhibition
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
cherry blossom viewing; flower viewing
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
sight; attraction; spectacle; something worth seeing
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
inferior; coarse; poor quality; inadequate; deteriorated
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
broken; intermittent; disconnected
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
before one knows; unnoticed; unawares
absurd; nonsensical; preposterous
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
gazing at (in wonderment)
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
large amount of money; great cost
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; acting without consideration for others; arrogance; audacity; insolence
daring; brave; bold; valiant; intrepid; dauntless
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
to raise one's voice; to shout