establishment (of a business); founding
whole year; entire year; n-th year anniversary
Noguchi Hideyo (1876-1928)
Higuchi Ichiyou (1872-1896)
Fukuzawa Yukichi (1834-1901)
counterfeit paper money; forged document
technology; technique; technical
slightest connection; slender connection; sliver (e.g. of hope); one thread
joint; seam; joining point
to love; to cherish; to admire; to appreciate
young lancefish; young sand lance
vague recollection; faint memory
doppelgänger; doppelganger
to be extremely cautious; to be as sure as sure can be; to make assurance doubly sure
to show signs; to have symptoms; to give indications (of); to bud; to germinate; to sprout
caption (photo explanation, video subtitle, headline); legend; cutline
drama; play; powerful drug
statute of limitations; lapse of rights after a period of time; becoming invalid or void after a set time; ageing; aging
end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
going along with something; following the crowd; treating something in an equal or egalitarian manner
high tension (as in electronics, etc.); excited; enthusiastic
munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)
outline; summary; gist; basic points
as it is bound to (happen); following the natural course; though possible as it may be
prediction; prophecy; prognostication
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
memory-making; making memories
start-up company; venture business
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
frying; fried food; aburaage; thin deep-fried slices of tofu
chestnut tiger butterfly (Parantica sita)