incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
suspicion (of others); jealousy
to be full of (e.g. adventure, youth, energy); to be overflowing with
walking sideways; staggering; striding; being rampant; being widespread; being prevalent
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
reality; actuality; hard fact
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
achievement; meritorious deed; distinguished service; contribution
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
national paper; paper with a national circulation
each newspaper; every newspaper
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
business trip; official trip
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
mobile telephone; cellular telephone
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
synthesis; coordination; putting together; comprehensive
Okayama (city, prefecture)
sleeping late in the morning
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
Okayama University of Science
Kobayashi Hiroaki (1944-)
aforementioned; above-mentioned; given above; previous
question; inquiry; enquiry
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
possible; likely; probable
such; this sort of; like this