to rain incessantly; to downpour
fine weather (i.e. little or no clouds); fair weather; clear weather; clear sky; fair skies
lightning strike; thunderbolt; bolt of lightning; to strike (lightning); to be struck by lightning
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory
to draw an arc (e.g. with a compass); to describe an arc (e.g. through the air)
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
to fly away; to flee away; to scatter
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
to sit in a row; to be arrayed
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
bipolarization; bipolarisation
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
electronic book; e-book; electronic banking; electron beam; exchangeable bond
black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market
to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
seller; selling side; method of selling; art of selling
(teacher's) platform; podium; dais
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
noisily (crowd of people talking); clamorously; in a hubbub; jabberingly; chatteringly; buzzingly
imitative sound (in film, theatre, etc.); sound effect