lieutenant colonel;  commander (navy)
 long (distance, length);  long (time);  protracted;  prolonged
 metre;  meter;  meter;  gauge
 lifeline;  safety rope;  safety tether
 lightly (floating, drifting, etc.);  buoyantly;  soft;  fluffy;  unsteadily;  flightily
 once;  one time;  temporarily;  for a moment;  one degree;  one tone
 correspondence;  communication;  transmission;  news;  signal;  telecommunications
 to try;  to attempt;  to have a go (at something)
 excitement;  stimulation;  agitation;  arousal
 to return;  to come back;  to turn over;  to become extremely;  to become completely
 to come (spatially or temporally);  to approach;  to come back;  to do ... and come back;  to come to be;  to become
 most;  highest;  maximum;  best;  wonderful;  finest
 ozeki ranked wrestler unable to live up to the expectations of his rank
 March;  third month of the lunar calendar
 wall iris;  roof iris;  Iris tectorum;  fleur-de-lis
 Sunday;  day (of the month);  counter for days;  Japan
 in history;  ever;  historical
 extravehicular activity;  EVA
 human being;  human;  person;  character (of a person)
 figure;  form;  appearance;  dress;  state;  condition
 extravagant;  absurd;  unbelievable;  enormous;  tremendous;  extraordinary
 to give (esp. to someone of lower status);  to bestow;  to provide;  to afford;  to assign;  to cause
 to have a bitter experience
 one part;  one portion;  one section;  one copy (e.g. of a document)
 information media;  press;  news organs
 black and white;  monochrome;  good and evil;  right and wrong;  guilt and innocence
 image (on a screen);  picture (e.g. on a TV);  video;  film;  reflection;  image (in one's mind)
 above ground;  on the ground;  earth's surface;  this world;  this earth
 photography (still or motion);  photographing;  filming;  shooting;  (video) recording
 spurious article;  forgery;  counterfeit;  imitation;  sham
 to pick a fight;  to find fault
 too;  also;  both A and B;  A as well as B;  even;  as much as
 world;  society;  people;  the public
 valuation;  appraisal;  evaluation;  appreciation;  recognition;  acknowledgement
 backbiting of a coward;  grumblings of a loser; (lit.) the far-off bark of a retreating dog
 report (of news);  reporting;  news;  information;  (media) coverage