several years; a few years
number (on its own, without considering its proportion to the whole); overall number
to moisten; to wet; to profit; to enrich; to benefit
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
four; 4; four years of age; ten o'clock (in the old time system); burakumin; cross grips
point in common; common feature
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly; again and again; continually
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
sudden; unexpected; unpredictable; unforeseen
to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize; to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited
frequency (of occurrence)
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle; end of the world (esp. in fiction); apocalypse
turning point; critical juncture; knot (in a tree, etc.)
in the early period (of something); at the beginning
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
rote memorization (memorisation); rote learning; indiscriminate memorizing (memorising)
Mars (god); Mars (planet)
behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness
pitiful; pathetic; painful (to look at)
prophet; predictor; prognosticator
vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel
to apply (of a rule); to be applicable (of standards, lessons, ideas, etc.); to hold true (e.g. of a description); to fit; to be suitable (e.g. of a word); to meet (requirements)
to uncover; to solve; to reveal
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
command; commander; commandant
to put together; to combine; to join together; to match against (e.g. in a sport)
kindergarten (in Japan, non-compulsory education from age 3 until primary school); preschool
child prodigy; infant genius; wonder child
senior; older; third-year kindergarten student
(innocent) mind of a child; childish mind
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
exquisite flavor (flavour); delectable flavor; delicious flavor; delicacy; delectable dish
saucer; person (group, institution, etc.) to take over a position or matter; receptacle (e.g. of funds); receiver
with a crack; with a smash
pottery; earthenware; ceramics; (soft-paste) porcelain; china