speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
posterity; future generations; future life
all over (the place); throughout; everywhere; every inch; every part; from head to toe
rivalry; feud; conflict; dispute; struggle; strife
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
(arch.) demon; (arch.) man-slaying ogre; impermanence; transiency
to take down in notes (meeting minutes, etc.); to apply (concepts, ideas, etc. to specific processes or methods); to drop into something (e.g. a bag); to entice; to lure
terrain; geographical features; topography
invasion (e.g. of a country); raid; aggression
justification; rationalization
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
disturbance; upheaval; unrest; war; riot
yin-yang diviner; sorcerer; exorcist; medium
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
degeneration; retrogression; atrophy; regression (e.g. of society); deterioration; degeneration
to harden one's heart; to steel oneself; to be ruthless; to become "it" (in hide-and-seek, etc.)
comfortable to live in (of a neighborhood, etc.); convenient; congenial; agreeable
tenugui; (hand) towel (usu. thin cotton cloth)
famous picture; masterpiece (painting); excellent film; film classic
technical book; specialized book; treatise
accommodation; taking in; imprisonment; detention; containing (e.g. words in a dictionary); adding
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
library (usu. single-room); small library
long ago; once upon a time
to have tears in one's eyes; to be close to crying
departure; leaving; going away; recession
making out; necking; getting handsy; canoodling; being lovey-dovey; getting affectionate (with each other)
head; chief; top student; head of the class; top seat; first desk (in orchestra)
head; brains; intellect; understanding