comprehensive; composite; all-embracing
Japan's best; number one in Japan
insufficient; inadequate; imperfect
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
close investigation; careful examination; scrutiny
explanation; interpretation
somewhat below; slightly below
in comparison to; rather than
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
negative (e.g. thinking); negative; negative (electrical polarity)
sit down; sit up; Sit! (to a dog)
several years; a few years
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
on the occasion of; at the time of
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
chief executive officer; CEO
starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up
when it comes to; concerning
complete change; reform; restoration; remodeling; remodelling; renewal
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
retirement; resignation; stepping down
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
to dry up; to parch; to ebb away
to take pride in; to pride oneself; to be proud of
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
This isn't over; I will get my revenge
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire