insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
mining; digging; working (a mine)
to look at each other; to exchange looks; to correspond (to); to be proportionate (to); to be in keeping with
setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage
nuclear fusion electricity generation
making practical; making useful; implementing
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
thick; bulky; massive; heavy
being boxed in on all sides; having obstacles in every direction; being at a loss (what to do); being in a fix
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless
geothermal energy; terrestrial heat
Kantō (region comprising Tokyo and surrounding prefectures); Kantō (eastern half of Japan; during the feudal era)
suddenly; all of a sudden
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
next generation; future generation
research institute; (research) laboratory
success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
(having) life-and-death power (over)
right (to do something); authority; power
imagination; supposition; guess
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
nobility; aristocracy; peerage
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
a handful (of); small amount (of); small number (of); trouncing; crushing
chief executive officer; CEO
familiarity; intimacy; acquaintance
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
to be consistent; to be coherent
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
flowery words; rhetorical flourishes
to place in a row; to line up; to range in order; to list one after another (e.g. excuses, reasons, complaints); to rattle off (e.g. lies, compliments); to reel off
energy problems; energy issues
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
to come to the point; to get straight to the point; to speak frankly; to speak plainly; to talk straight