present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
unthinkable; unexpected; outrageous; offensive
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
appropriate; suitable; proper; fitting
on the sea; surface of the sea
site; point on a map; spot
small; narrow; familiar prefix; slightly; a bit
conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat; something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
Kuroshio Current; Japan Current
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
badness; evilness; bad; evil
transmission; propagation; spread; circulation; diffusion; dissemination
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
armchair theory; impracticable theory
"natural funeral"; returning a dead person to nature (esp. through the scattering of ashes)
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
East Asian evergreen forest culture (theory)
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
to bend; to wind; to twist; to zig-zag
smallish; on the small side; somewhat small; short swing of a bat, racquet, etc.
to turn reddish-brown; to turn rufous; to become discolored; to become discoloured
with a clatter; with a rattle; empty; bare; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle
the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day