excess; surplus; superabundance
modifiable; changeable; updateable
suited figure; person in a suit
business that exploits its employees (e.g. through unpaid overtime)
crisis prevention; crisis avoidance
power; motive power; three-phase electricity
transmission; propagation; spread
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
inorganic matter; mineral matter; cold; inhuman; robotic
end of the world; farthest corner of the earth
provisional; temporary; tentative; interim
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
Vega (star in the constellation Lyra); Alpha Lyrae
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver
woman textile worker; Vega (star in the constellation Lyra); Alpha Lyrae
Altair (star in the constellation Aquila); Alpha Aquilae
Altair (star in the constellation Aquila); Alpha Aquilae
dual role (in a film, play, etc.); double role
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
car; automobile; motorcar; motor vehicle; auto
jump; jumping event (skiing, track and field); jumping (to another page after clicking a hyperlink); jump (in price); sudden rise
to be visible to; to be seen by; to meet one's eyes
entire world; whole world; world stage
hidden village (esp. hidden retreat for nobles or refuge for soldiers of a defeated army); isolated village; legendary land (deep in mountains or underground); Shangri-La
infuriating; extremely irritating; galling; vexing
to gain an advantage; to enjoy an advantage; to turn the tables (on)
proportion; proportional representation section (of an election)
tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
(practical) business; business practice; business affairs; (actual) work
educated; learned; schooled
with a smack; with a spank; with a plunk (of the sound of a shamisen); shamisen
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
suddenly and in a loud voice (e.g. sobbing)
small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt
major cleanup; spring cleaning
means of transportation; transportation system; way of getting around
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
throwing stones; slingshot; sling