irregular; bad bounce (in tennis); bad hop (in baseball)
general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate
sea of fire; sea of flames; blazing inferno
first-class; first-rate; characteristic (of); peculiar (to); school (e.g. of flower arrangement); one flag
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
occupation; profession; job; vocation; career; trade
national language; Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan); one's native language; mother tongue; native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
incompetent; have no merit
completion; perfection; accomplishment
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
royalty and titled nobility
latter period; second half; late stage; third trimester; second semester
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
Einstein; Einstein, Albert (1879-1955; German-born theoretical physicist)
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
influence; effect; impact
short pause; short interval
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
island; one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.); one's turf
weather; fair weather; fine weather
prediction; prophecy; prognostication; (religious) prophecy
head; chief; leader; the greatest (of all the ...)
necessary condition; requirement
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
formula; equation; method of calculation; calculus
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings