unification; bringing together; generalization; control; supervision
not yet fixed; undecided; pending
artificiality; pretence; contrived act; commission (of a crime); feasance
manner of using one's hands
to run down (stairs, etc.)
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
gradually (progressing); steadily; slowly; seeping out (sweat, tears, etc.)
lovable; sweet; charming; pitiful; pathetic; touching
effect; virtue; efficacy; impression
to feel hungry; to get hungry
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
falling (down); tumbling (down); failure; failing; renouncing Christianity and converting to Buddhism (during the Edo period); apostasy
to give a broad grin; to smirk
overlapping; piling; stacking
cloudless (sky); without a cloud (in the sky)
fork; junction; parting of the ways; turning point
levitation; floating on air; airborne (e.g. bacteria); aero-
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
to release a shutter (camera); to click a shutter
using as an intermediary; through
to jump over; to clear; to walk over (someone)
question collection; problem collection; problem set; workbook
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
ESPer; one who has ESP (extrasensory perception)
propelling pencil; mechanical pencil
slipping out (a chuckle, giggle); unintentionally (letting out a quiet laugh)
department of a university; undergraduate (course, program, etc.)
department (faculty) of literature
line-spacing in text; (fig.) between the lines
hotel charges (for lodging, not meals, etc.)
subtleties; niceties; fine points; subtle; sensitive
to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed
claim (for compensation); customer complaint seeking compensation; (general) complaint; objection
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
carbonic acid; carbonated water; baking soda; sodium carbonate
little by little; bit by bit; sparingly
to appease one's thirst; to wet one's whistle
to defy conventional wisdom
to renew; to replace; to change for; to attach anew