clinical study; clinical trial
effect; efficacy; virtue; benefit
study; research; investigation
near; nearby; not far off
absence; disregard; indifference
box for letters and papers; box used to carry or deliver letters
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
viewing as hopeless; feeling that all is lost
traveling bag; travelling bag; suitcase
leather; leather-bound; leathern
rough (estimate, manner, etc.); crude; broad; loose; careless (work)
methodical; precise; meticulous; wooden post that has been carved to have a rounded corner with grooves running along either side of it
to be busy; to be tied up doing something
to turn on; to switch on; to light up
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
water tank; cistern; fish tank; aquarium
hoe-shaped helmet crest; stag beetle
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
shōchū; Japanese spirit distilled from sweet potatoes, rice, etc.
little by little; bit by bit; sparingly
drinking (sometimes esp. alcohol); drink; drinking party
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
quiet unsociable person; obstinate person; blockhead
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
so-and-so; who?; which people?
after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter
exposing fully; uncovering completely; being in full view; putting on display; not disguising
to lure out of; to decoy out of; to drive to (tears, sleep, etc.); to evoke (sympathy, etc.); (arch.) to abduct; (arch.) to entice out of
around the world; throughout the world
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature