tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
archipelago; group of islands
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
stronghold; citadel; base (of operations); headquarters
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
report generation; report writing; report writer
sanction; approval; decision
concealment; hiding; covering up; suppression
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
band (e.g. conduction, valence); belt (e.g. Van-Allen, asteroid, etc.)
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
to use someone's (argument, attack) against them; to use (an attack) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a negative situation)
preliminary investigation; preliminary inquiry; preparation (for a class); going over one's lessons (in advance); studying ahead
meat eating; eating of meat; meat diet; carnivorous
results (of a study or investigation)
battle of wits; contest of wits
light blue; pale blue; aqua
move with haste (when you have no doubts); strike while the iron is hot
self-respect; prudence; not acting rashly; taking care of oneself; being careful with one's health
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); shouting repeatedly; pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
good-for-nothing; scapegrace; nuisance; trouble
word; term; language; speech
incoherent; inconsistent; illogical; disorderly; confused; nonsensical
to act up (machine); to go out of tune (instrument); to not work right; to be knocked off stride; to lose one's bearings; to lose one's presence of mind
to make a mistake; to blunder
bad move (in chess, shogi, etc.); poor decision; bad move
general situation; whole situation; larger picture; overall situation of a game