bad pun; corny joke; worn-out joke; dad joke
trendy; in; now; currently at ...; now doing ...; in the middle of ...
hey; listen; look here; I say
hard-liners; diehards; (young) man with traditionally masculine interests; tough boy; hard news; reporter who covers political and economic affairs
commemorative photograph; souvenir photograph
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
untrodden (region, field of study, etc.); unprecedented (discovery, achievement, etc.)
admission; incorporation; enlistment; enrollment
trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype
selecting a suitable person; personnel selection
master inventor; king of inventors (e.g. Edison)
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
risk ratio; percentage of risk; hazard rate; significance level; level of significance
to be stingy (with); to skimp (on)
one's feeling while riding; comfort (of a vehicle); ride quality
encryption; encoding; encipherment
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
radioactivity; radiation; radioactive material
ecology; environmental movement; environmentalism
sea bream (esp. Pagrus major); porgy
flounder (esp. the large-tooth flounders of family Paralichthyidae, but also lefteye flounders of family Bothidae); bastard halibut; olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus); person who sucks up to superiors; toady
counter for choices, options, etc.
hooray!; cheers!; bravo!; loud (e.g. applause); enthusiastic; tumultuous
means of transportation; transportation system; way of getting around
fully prepared; all ready
grave marker; gravestone; headstone; writing on a headstone (name, date of death, etc.)
stout; well-fleshed; well-built; well-padded; plump
blame; censure; rebuke; reproof
to push aside; to push one's way through