intelligence; intellect; brains
deployment; disposition; posting; stationing
desktop personal computer
scholarship; scientific attainments
wholeheartedly; with heart and soul; intently; with undivided attention; with intense concentration; single-mindedly
to be absorbed in reading
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
to look downwards; to lower one's eyes
enlightenment; instruction
shortsighted; narrow-minded
(move) slowly (e.g. walk); sluggishly; stolidly; ploddingly; heavily
bed; berth; crib; cot; kip; bedroom
to give someone a surprise; to catch off guard and fluster; to frustrate (e.g. someone's plans); to give someone a blow; to scare the hell out of
to publish a book; to put out a book
reform; reformation; reorganization
personification; impersonation; embodiment
to continue to increase; to continue to mount
one's family (home) background (environment)
beyond imagination; unimaginable
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
recreation; diversion; relaxation
nearly; almost; on the verge (of happening)
new type; new style; new model; new strain (e.g. infectious disease)
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
to shake; to wave; to swing; to sway
caution; admonition; prohibition; ban; punishment; (arch.) caution
flaw; defect; problem; inconvenient
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages
subtleties; niceties; fine points; subtle; sensitive
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
hail (e.g. of bullets); barrage; storm; rain and hail
to clamber (up); to scale
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
as many (people) as possible