gray zone; grey zone; gray area
proper; right; reasonable
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
(sudden) complete reversal (of plot); unexpected twist (at end of story); rotating stage machinery, which rolls backwards 90 degrees to reveal the next scene
aggregate results; totalled results; collected results
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
superior (in rank); top; higher order (e.g. byte); host computer (of connected device)
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
number of votes obtained (polled)
first place; first rank; units position (of a number)
low rank; lower position; subordinate position; lower order (e.g. byte)
pilloried criminal exposed to public view; public scorn or humiliation; person shamed in front of others
fifth court rank; black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax); night heron; five ranks; five stages
number of votes polled; poll votes
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time)
suddenly and in a loud voice (e.g. sobbing)
to give a round of applause; to applaud
being in abstraction; being dazed; being absentminded; stargazing
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
general policy speech; speech held by the Prime Minister of Japan at the start of a special or extraordinary Diet session
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
servile; subservient; obsequious; slavish; self-abasing; grovelling
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
receiving an official appointment; being appointed (to the post of)
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
a little less than; a little under; weakness; the weak; -lower (seismic intensity)
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
things to do; must-do items; one's duty; what is required
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
this world; this life; world of the living
cooperation; collaboration; help; support