to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
enthusiastic schoolteacher; passionate teacher
unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage
considering something taboo; treating something as taboo
one's dearest wish; Buddha's vow to save humanity
criterion; standard; yardstick; rough estimate; approximation
having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit
to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution
to cause casualties; to result in deaths
principal occupation; main job; professional; an expert; I (of a government official, etc.); me
negligence; carelessness; incompetence; mismanagement
hiding at all costs; desperate cover-up; doing one's best to keep (something) secret
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
important post; important office; key position
next generation; future generation
strict; severe; stern; rigid; rigorous; tough
model; standard; pattern; norm; criterion; example
to miss a chance to ask; to miss an opportunity to ask; to forget to ask
(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam
vote; ballot; label; ticket; tag
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
tolerant; generous; lenient; broad-minded; magnanimous
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
proposition; thesis; notion; problem; issue; challenge
morality; moral principles
to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
armory; armoury; ordnance department
bank; banking institution
important; having a high status; having standing; exalted; of high station
breeding; raising; rearing
common raven (Corvus corax)
tourist attraction; sight-seeing area
to comb down; to smooth down
infiltration; permeation; exudation; percolation; effusion; extraction
synthesis; coordination; putting together; comprehensive
white; correction fluid; white-out