lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
globalization; globalisation
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
making rapid progress; making great advances; rush; dash; onslaught
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
anciently; formerly; old times; a long time ago
Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
earthen figure; clay figure; dogū; clay figurines from the late Jōmon period
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
something; some kind of; for some reason
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
establishing proof; demonstration; substantiation
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
homicide department (of a police force)
standard; set; routine; decided
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
(police) detective; criminal matter
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
job (responsibility) of a section
season (period in which regulated games are played); season (division of the year); season (of a TV show, etc.); season (for doing something, e.g. ski season, entrance examination season)
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand