laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
senior high school student
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
observation; survey; watching
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
plate (often as in "tectonic plate")
private room; single (room); room for one; (toilet) stall
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
tension; mental strain; nervousness
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to pile up; to accumulate
close to the wall; alongside the wall
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
closely; compactly; leaving no space
to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
so; like this; in this way
difference; variation; difference
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
research area; field of research
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
regarding highly; attaching importance to
to refer to; to use as reference
if you think about it; come to think of it
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace