feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
rote memorization (memorisation); rote learning; indiscriminate memorizing (memorising)
ambition; aspiration; desire to improve oneself
desire for improvement (in social standing, etc.); ambition to rise in the world
someone who battles on in difficult circumstances
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
quarrelsome; easy to anger; quick to lose temper
arms; weapons (of war); armor; armour
burden; load (e.g. CPU time, electricity, etc.)
stars; the stars and planets; celestial bodies
night view; night skyline; nightscape
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory
to blow through; to blow across
pale; pallid; bluish-white
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
control; check; restraint; inhibition
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
to bite and tear; to bite a hole in
storage room; storeroom; closet; grayish blue
to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity
anything; whatever; whatever one likes
dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest
with all due respect; I'm sorry, but ...; I'm afraid ...
exploitation; overuse; abuse
having gone too far to turn back
hopping; skipping; lightly and repeatedly jumping
one's normal condition; one's usual state; keynote (esp. shamisen); proper key
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
Rus' (old name of Russia)
content-free chat; idle gossip
to rebuke strongly; to tell off
disgrace; discredit; dishonor; dishonour; blot; shame
to collapse into; to flop onto
self-indulgence; doing as one pleases
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
(mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge; peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis
drive-in (bank, cinema, etc.); roadside restaurant; rest stop