to start to drink; to try to drink; to partially drink
being obtrusive; being conspicuous (in a bad way)
educational visit (e.g. by a class); educational field trip
luggage rack; baggage rack
protective household deity in Tōhoku, appearing as a red-faced child spirit with bobbed hair
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste
clientele; customer stratum
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
slightly difficult; somewhat bothersome; troublesome; peevish; querulous
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
operation; functioning; running
birth; creation; formation
arriving at the present; present-day; to arrive at the present day
long (time); longstanding; for a long time
weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection (e.g. natural selection)
newcomer; neophyte; novice; newbie
many; varied; all sorts; crowded; large (e.g. helping)
fossil; petrifaction; petrification; fossilization
skeleton; skeletal structure; build; framework
to clasp together (esp. hands); to entwine (e.g. fingers)
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
presence (impressive quality)
apatosaurus; brontosaurus
as everyone knows; needless to point out
Tyrannosaurus rex; T. rex; tyrannosaurus
jostling; milling about; crush; packed with (activities, products, etc.); teeming with; chock-full of
(on) land; ground; shore; track-and-field events
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around
winning a prize or place (in a contest)
very popular; highly favoured