to explain; to preach; to advocate; to persuade; to prevail upon; to reason with
suggestion; hint; implication
continental; calm; not worried with unimportant details
Columbus; Columbus, Christopher (1451-1506)
eccentric; crank; weirdo; oddball
person adrift on the sea; castaway (on an island)
municipality; local government; self-governing body; autonomous body
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; known as; so to speak
account of a dream; fantastic story; wild tale; empty dream
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble together; to put together (in a slapdash manner)
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
tail and fins; embellishment (of a story, rumor, etc.); exaggeration
creation; Creation (by God)
falsehood; untruth; lie; fallacy
important point; emphasis; iteration mark; colon (punctuation)
the reason is ...; it is because ...
finger; hands and fingers; hands
wide difference; a world of difference
two things that are superficially similar but completely different; night and day; chalk and cheese; (lit.) the Moon and a turtle
to become one tile away from completion; to be at one's wits' end; to be about to blow one's fuse
tolerant; generous; lenient; broad-minded; magnanimous
unattractive; ugly; unstylish; uncool
shameless; infamous; disgraceful
educational institution; school; academy; campus
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
light novel; young-adult fiction novel, typically illustrated in a manga art style
strategy guide (book, e.g. for a video game); playing guide; book of hints
National Diet Library; Library of Congress
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
these days; nowadays; today; at this time (of day); at this hour
lookup function; search function