development; exploitation
enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly
to master (a skill); proprietor; manager; leader; chief; master (of arts, science, etc.); master (recording)
awarding; conferment; granting; presentation
doctor's degree; doctorate; PhD
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
acquisition; obtaining; gaining possession; purchase
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
mother's side of family; maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
Japanese person; Japanese people
at that time; in those days
mass communication; mass media
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
describing; comparing; form; figure; personal appearance; one's face and figure
cold storage; deep freeze; cryopreservation
expression; presentation; representation; notation
ten; 10; ten years of age
instant; moment; for an instant
immediately; right away; on the spot
person with low tastes; uncultured person; worldly person; ordinary person (who has not entered the priesthood); layperson; layman
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
academic world; academia; academic circles; scientific world; learned circles
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless