worldwide; global; international; world-famous; world-class
achievement; performance; results; work; contribution
to distinguish between; to tell the difference between
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
appointing to a responsible post; making much of
to entrust; to leave to a person
talented; gifted; prodigious; virtuoso; masterful
scholarship; scientific attainments
acquaintance; making someone's acquaintance
to fade; to lose colour (color); to discolour (discolor)
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
silence (not speaking); muteness
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
to put into the mouth; to eat
to taste; to taste of; to have a taste
with all due respect; if I may make bold to ask
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
student (esp. a university student)
hail (esp. hailballs under 5 mm); graupel; dicing; small cubes; roasted mochi pieces (usu. flavoured with soy sauce, etc.)
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
genius; prodigy; natural gift
one's parents' generation
to be intimate with; to befriend
by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn
leaving; going home; quitting one's job; free time; leisure
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
all; wholly; entirely; completely; without exception
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
leaving or staying; (one's) course of action; (one's) position; (one's) attitude
to rub together (e.g. one's hands)
cooperation; collaboration
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet
instead of; replacing; on behalf of
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
one large ...; a great ...
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period