research and development; R&D
cultivation; nurture; culture
edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication
standing; regular; permanent
opportunism; waiting and seeing (how the wind blows); sitting on the fence; straddling
very much; exceedingly; extremely
world situation; world affairs
connivance; tacit consent; toleration; acquiescence
clear as day; perfectly obvious; plain as daylight
enterprise; business; company; corporation
to arrive; to come to pass
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
to govern; to manage; to subdue
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
housing district; residential district
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
acceptable; satisfactory; approval; being in favour; Pass (grade); Fair
tie-dye; tie-dyeing; aperture (e.g. camera, iris of the eye); aperture stop; contraction; squeezing
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk
to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with
(not) at all; completely; utterly; very; extremely
unfavourable comparison; unfavorable comparison
anpan; bread roll filled with red bean paste
man who is uninterested in aggressively pursuing women; peaceable men who don't approach women as potential partners; (lit.) herbivore
the end of the world; the world is beyond saving; there's no hope for the future; this degenerate age; what is this world coming to
detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house; separation from; loss of interest in; independence of
to gain experience; to accumulate experiences
destruction (esp. of evidence); spoliation; suppression; hiding; concealment
chaos; confusion; disorder; chaotic; confused; uncertain
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
to run (up hill, stairs, etc.)
courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts
to go too far; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it
to approve (of); to be in favor of; to be in favour of
to intrude; to butt in; to meddle; to be forward; to be self-assertive; to show off
upward adjustment; upward revision