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- a person professionally engaged in the design of certain large constructions other than buildings and the like: landscape ~; naval ~.

My brother wants be an ~ after graduating university.

建築家
architect
(n.)
-in, at, or to whatever place.
-in any case or condition: ~it is heard of.

Before proceeding to the next paragraph, let your mind wander ~ it wants to go.

どこでも
wherever
(conj.)
-a person who is on an ~ side in a game, contest, controversy, or the like; adversary.

If an ~ hesitates, it is perfectly proper to draw conclusions but you do so at your own risk.

相手
opponent
(n.)
-a number of persons forming a separate class in a social hierarchy or in any graded body.

to take up or occupy a place in a particular ~, class, etc.: to ~ well ahead of the other students.

階級
rank
(n.)
-to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish: to ~order.

To put it simply: tax the rich, end the wars and ~ honest and effective government for all.

復旧させる
restore restored restored
(v.)
-to give up or appropriate to or concentrate on a particular pursuit, occupation, purpose, cause, etc.: to ~ one's time to reading.

He will become vice chairman of the board, he said, and ~his time to policy matters rather than operations.

ささげる
devote
(v.)
-on or to one side; to or at a short distance apart; away from some position or direction: to turn ~; to move the chair ~

Within ten days after reception of the verdict and entry of judgment, the railroad moved to have the verdict set ~.

わきに
aside
(adv.)
-a repetition of sound produced by the reflection of sound waves from a wall, mountain, or other obstructing surface.

These findings ~ the words graduates often use to describe the benefits of their college experi­ences.

反響する
echo
(v.)
-to build or form by putting together parts; frame; devise.

to put together substances or parts, esp systematically, in order to make or build (a building, bridge, etc); assemble

建設する
construct
(v.)
-a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.: The use of steam for power marked the beginning of an ~.

Even in an ~ of cutbacks, some colleges see big performance halls as the new necessities.

時代
era
(n.)
-a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.

Last summer's drought left a legacy of ~ that threatens the country's food supply.

毒を盛る
poison
(v.)
-a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or ~ing.

State ~ firms have the ability to foil smaller rivals and new entrants.

手すり
rail
(n.)
-a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.

informal get out of ~, get out of ~ free to get out of a difficult situation

投獄する
jail
(v.)
-the act or fact of ~ing.

People have always had myths of demonic ~.

所有物
possession
(n.)
-a soft, white, downy substance consisting of the hairs or fibers attached to the seeds of plants belonging to the genus Gossypium, of the mallow family, used in making fabrics, thread, wadding, etc.

See also sea-island ~ any of various herbaceous plants and shrubs of the malvaceous genus Gossypium, such as sea-island ~, cultivated in warm climates for the fibre surrounding the seeds and the oil within the seeds

綿
cotton
(n.)
-something beneath, behind, or within which a person, animal, or thing is protected from storms, missiles, adverse conditions, etc.; refuge.

After spending a year and a half in a homeless ~ with his wife and two young.

避難所
shelter
(n.)
-the middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night.

This store stays open until ~.

真夜中
midnight
(n.)
-the evening meal, often the principal meal of the day.

Vanderbilt entertained last evening with ~ dance for bis debutante daughter.

夕食
supper
(n.)
-any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.

There morality is created when the father of the ~ is killed

部族
tribe
(n.)
-the movable articles, as tables, chairs, desks or cabinets, required for use or ornament in a house, office, or the like.

Next, measure the pieces of ~ that you intend to place in the room.

家具
furniture
(n.)
-a room or place set apart for young children.

The university has a nursery.

託児所
nursery
(n.)
-to grant the use of (something) on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.

The congressman recommended that these experts be housed in the universities to ~ them prestige.

貸す
lend
(v.)
-a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.

On summer evenings when it is very hot, they sail to the farthest point of the ~ and drift while eating dinner.

harbor
(n.)
-to wake up; rouse from sleep: I awoke at six with a feeling of dread.

Eating chocolate at night can potentially keep you ~.

起こす
awake
(n.)
-any remains, impression, or trace of a living thing of a former geologic age, as a skeleton, footprint, etc.

The claim is also a new volley in a long-running conflict over who has found the oldest ~.

化石
fossil
(n.)
-a flat paper container, as for a letter or thin package, usually having a gummed flap or other means of closure.

One thing that separates mere stamps from postal history is the evocativeness of an ~ or postcard.

封筒
envelope
(n.)
-a building or indoor area for parking or storing motor vehicles.

One owner even turned his ~ into a music room.

ガレージ
garage
(n.)
-the offering of animal, plant, or human life or of some material possession to a deity, as in propitiation or homage.

Italians have talked with pride about the ~ made by a whole nation.

犠牲
sacrifice
(n.)
-to refrain from harming or destroying; leave uninjured; forbear to punish, hurt, or destroy: to spare one's enemy.

Whatever you do, please ~ us the righteous indignation in the comments.

予備の
spare
(adj.)
-to engage the services of (a person or persons) for wages or other payment: to ~ a clerk.

Government incentives for companies to ~ unemployed workers have met with limited success.

雇う
hire
(v.)
-the state or quality of being earlier in time, occurrence, etc.

This rare and reclusive animal is a major conservation ~ in Haiti.

優先
priority
(n.)
-of or pertaining to the sun: ~ phenomena.

Environmental groups and others challenge~ energy projects in lawsuits and filings.

太陽の
solar
(avj.)
-of or pertaining to a college, academy, school, or other educational institution, especially one for higher education: academic requirements.

The government says it has no intention of restricting ~freedom.

大学の
academic ; more academic ; the most academic
(adj.)
-done, operated, worked, etc., by the hand or hands rather than by an electrical or electronic device: a manual gearshift.

One section of the ~ covered the ejection system.

体を使う
manual
(adj.)
-to move or go forward or onward, especially after stopping.

Federal court to decide if online copyright suit can ~.

進む
proceed
(v.)
-to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of ( opposed to synthesize): to analyze an argument.

Let's ~ the original post.

分析する
analyze
(v.)
-a three-dimensional work of art, as a representational or abstract form, carved in stone or wood, molded in a plastic material, cast in bronze, or the like.

The national government's lawyers replied that the decree made no mention of the ~ itself.

statue
(n.)
-in addition to what has been said; further; besides.

~ whoever is reviewing the cv ought to know the journals and their respective level.

さらに
Moreover
(adv.)
-to take into the stomach by drawing through the throat and esophagus with a voluntary muscular action, as food, drink, or other substances.

If you ~ toothpaste that does not contain fluoride, you may not need to go to the hospital.

飲み込む
swallow
(v.)
-the collection of sacred writings of the Christian religion, comprising the Old and New Testaments.

Literary studies is trying to imagine the world without Shakespeare and the ~ at the cultural center.

必読書
bible
(n.)
-a technique of depicting volumes and spatial relationships on a flat surface. Compare aerial perspective, linear ~.

It really put the game in ~.

見方
perspective
(n.)
-a high degree of pleasure or enjoyment; joy; rapture: She takes great delight in her job.

Fine linen is as great a ~ to the housewife now as it was in the days when she spun and wove it herself.

歓喜
delight
(n.)
-to spring through the air from one point or position to another; jump: to leap over a ditch.

Though it has lost its importance to the modern feminine heart, nevertheless, ~ year arrives backed by a venerable.

跳ぶ
leap
(v.)
-devoted or dedicated to a deity or to some religious purpose; consecrated.

All of us were at one time members of this tribe: we knew its customs, manners and rituals, its folklore and ~texts.

神聖な
sacred
(adj.)
-a separable component, frequently one that is interchangeable with others, for assembly into units of differing size, complexity, or function.

The lunar ~ will have to be jettisoned shortly before re-entry.

基本単位
module
(n.)
-a child during the earliest period of its life, especially before he or she can walk; baby.

Clean from the front to the back on a female infant, and from the tip of the penis down on a male ~.

幼児の
infant
(adj.)
-the abrupt, harsh, explosive cry of a dog.

The beetles, the size of a grain of rice, bore into the ~.

吠える
bark
(v.)
-characterized by or acting in close conformity to requirements or principles: a strict observance of rituals.

All applications and materials submitted will be held in ~ confidence.

厳しい
strict
(adj.)
-an earnest desire for some type of achievement or distinction, as power, honor, fame, or wealth, and the willingness to strive for its attainment: Too much ambition caused him to be disliked by his colleagues.

Grayson's youthful ~ was to sing opera, but she wasn't able to accomplish that dream until after her movie career ended.

野心
ambition
(n.)
-any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.

Is this a phase?

段階
phase
(n.)
-a book giving information on particular subjects or on a particular class of words, names, or facts, usually arranged alphabetically: a biographical dictionary; a dictionary of mathematics.

Change your password to a strong one that doesn't use words from the ~ and includes numbers and uppercase letters.

辞書
dictionary
(n.)
-a fact, occurrence, or circumstance observed or observable: to study the phenomena of nature.

But disparities of income are a relatively recent ~.

現象
phenomenon
(n.)
-a distinct portion of written or printed matter dealing with a particular idea, usually beginning with an indentation on a new line.

It will immediately set your statement apart from those-and they are legion-that begin with a standard expository ~.

段落
paragraph
(n.)
-an act or instance of discriminating.

The company says its policies expressly bar ~ and promote diversity.

差別
discrimination
(n.)
-a person from whom one is descended; forebear; progenitor.

Its primitive anatomy, he contends, suggests a species predating the common ~ of the human and chimpanzee family trees.

祖先
ancestor
(n.)
-a learned or erudite person, especially one who has profound knowledge of a particular subject.

In which a marine ~ uses science and charm to sound the alarm about the state of the coasts.

学者
scholar
(n.)
-showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil: a polite reply.

They leave some personal space even as a crowd approaches the stage, which makes it easier for people on the move to be ~.

礼儀正しい
polite
(adj.)
-composed of elaborately interconnected parts; complex: complicated apparatus for measuring brain functions.

Of course, it's more ~ than that, but not by much when.

複雑な
complicated
(adj.)
-n or at no place; not anywhere: The missing pen was nowhere to be found.

~ is the scholarly community more real than at conferences and regional or national society meetings.

どこにも…ない
nowhere
(adv.)
-a room, usually private, in a house or apartment, especially a bedroom: She retired to her ~.

Outstanding artistry in solo performance, ~ music, and/or orchestral performing experience is required.

部屋
chamber
(n.)
-absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit; lively interest: He shows marked enthusiasm for his studies.

Many authors have responded with ~.

熱中
enthusiasm
(n.)
-the skin of an animal, with the hair removed, prepared for use by tanning or a similar process designed to preserve it against decay and make it pliable or supple when dry.

There is little distinction between wearing fur and wearing ~.

leather
(n.)
-worthless, unwanted material that is rejected or thrown out; debris; litter; trash.

Heaps of stone, bricks, and ~ obstructed the approaches.

ごみ
rubbish
(n.)
-a shout of encouragement, approval, congratulation, etc.: The cheers of the fans filled the stadium.

Bush drew a ~ from those who remembered him shouting through a bullhorn atop the smoldering rubble.

元気づける
cheer
(v.)
-without covering or clothing; naked; nude: bare legs.

Come winter, he might be soldering icicles into glittering loops or star bursts with his ~ fingers.

裸の
bare
(adj.)
-the profession of designing buildings, open areas, communities, and other artificial constructions and environments, usually with some regard to aesthetic effect. Architecture often includes design or selection of furnishings and decorations, supervision of construction work, and the examination, restoration, or remodeling of existing buildings.

Here are other little-known but intriguing local ~ guides

建築
architecture
(n.)
-an infinitesimal or very short space of time; a moment: They arrived not an instant too soon.

~ electronic processing of medical insurance claims has long been discussed, but its adoption has been slow.

即座の
instant
(adj.)
-a small, slender, rodlike instrument, usually of polished steel, with a sharp point at one end and an eye or hole for thread at the other, for passing thread through cloth to make stitches in sewing.

Federal law bars the nations capital from using local tax money for ~ exchange programs.

needle
(n.)
-a trial of skill in some game, in which competitors play a series of contests: a chess tournament.

~ hoops time, combined with one week of break.

勝ち抜き戦
tournament
(n.)
-a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.

It's easy to blame the ~ for fostering a flight from serious issues into glitter, froth, and measuring tape.

tube
(n.)
-while on the contrary: One arrived promptly, whereas the others hung back.

~ according to the sad and orthodox theories of translation, neither of these truths should be true.

…であるのに
whereas
(conj.)
-a race or other contest in which certain disadvantages or advantages of weight, distance, time, etc., are placed upon competitors to equalize their chances of winning.

Proof of ~ and letter of introduction are required.

ハンディキャップ
handicap
(n.)
-the first appearance of daylight in the morning: Dawn broke over the valley.

Even before ~ the frantic sounds of hockey begin — the sharp slap of stick on stick and the raspy scratch of blade on ice.

夜明け
dawn
(n.)
-any tract of land; region or district.

Bleske-Rechek isn't the first researcher to mine this ~.

領土
territory
(n.)
-( used with a singular verb ) the systematic treatment of magnitude, relationships between figures and forms, and relations between quantities expressed symbolically.

I've been getting some comments from people who think my magazine piece was an attack on the use of ~ in economics.

数学
mathematics
(n.)
-prominence of a syllable in terms of differential loudness, or of pitch, or length, or of a combination of these.

Regional American ~s can be tough to decipher, especially for foreigners.

なまり
accent
(n.)
-having the capability of starting, operating, moving, etc., independently: an automatic sprinkler system; an automatic car wash.

Many parents believe that their children will ~ regulate their food intake.

自動的に
automatically
(adv.)
-to furnish (a book, magazine, etc.) with drawings, pictures, or other artwork intended for explanation, elucidation, or adornment.

Markets may not follow predictable, cyclical patterns, but the photographs chosen to ~ market trends sure do.

例証する
illustrate
(v.)
-equal in value, measure, force, effect, significance, etc.: His silence is equivalent to an admission of guilt.

Taking the nearest ~ country from 2009 data reveals some surprises.

同等の
equivalent
(adj.)
-Machinery, Building Trades .
a. a shaftlike tool with two or more cutting edges for making holes in firm materials, especially by rotation.
b. a tool, especially a hand tool, for holding and operating such a tool.

The boat's ~ spun deeper and deeper into the ocean floor.

穴をあける
drill
(v.)
-any mammal of the order Primates, including the guenons, macaques, langurs, and capuchins, but excluding humans, the anthropoid apes, and, usually, the tarsier and prosimians. Compare New World ~, Old World ~.

Drug companies have also bought up commercial ~ colonies, further depleting populations.

monkey
(n.)
-an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue: Give me a hint as to his identity.

Diagramless puzzle solvers who want no ~ should avert their eyes from this correction.

ヒント
hint
(n.)
-a general understanding; vague or imperfect conception or idea of something: a notion of how something should be done.

This ~ is superficially puzzling.

観念
notion
(n.)
-the art, practice, or work of treating diseases, injuries, or deformities by manual or operative procedures.

Perry underwent ~ early this month to correct what his aides describe as a recurring back ailment.

外科
surgery
(n.)
-free from error or defect; consistent with a standard, rule, or model; precise; exact.

Our economic outlook, for example, proved reasonably ~.

正確な
accurate
(adj.)
-a covering for all or part of the face, worn to conceal one's identity.

マスク

The ~ makers and the cultural establishment are troubled over this development.
mask
(n.)
-the good fortune, health, happiness, prosperity, etc., of a person, group, or organization; well-being: to look after a child's welfare; the physical or moral welfare of society.

His ~ is of my concern.

福祉
welfare
(n.)
-making a splendid appearance or show; of exceptional beauty, size, etc.: a magnificent cathedral; magnificent scenery.

The result is ~ from start to finish.

壮大な
magnificent
(adj.)
-thrown into a fright; afraid; scared; terrified: a frightened child cowering in the corner.

Very young children might be ~ by scenes of animals attacking people.

おびえた
frightened
(adj.)
-highest in rank or authority; paramount; sovereign; chief.

Eating food or drinking water that previously has been sampled by a rat is considered to be a ~ blessing.

最高位の
supreme
(adj.)
-a portion or length of the trunk or of a large limb of a felled tree.

The aesthetic of a ~ home seems to tap directly into the second-home ethos: comfort and relaxation.

丸太
log
(n.)
-something that binds, fastens, confines, or holds together.

In some areas, ~ referenda are bringing in new money.

きずな
bond
(n.)
-lesser, as in size, extent, or importance, or being or noting the lesser of two: a minor share.

Mind you, this failure to comprehend is ~ compared with what's going on across the aisle

重要でない
minor
(adj.)
-to combine, as two or more strands or threads, by winding together; intertwine.

But in a ~ of state politics, his influence over the campuses could actually decline.

ねじれ
twist
(n.)
-to comply with or follow the commands, restrictions, wishes, or instructions of: to obey one's parents.

Others have attacked her for picking and choosing which laws she will and will not ~.

従う
obey
(v.)
-causing or tending to cause horror; shockingly dreadful: a horrible sight.

Years of covering up horrible acts are unraveling in front of our eyes.

終わりのない
endless
(adj.)
-causing or tending to cause horror; shockingly dreadful: a ~ sight.

Years of covering up ~ acts are unraveling in front of our eyes.

恐ろしい
horrible
(adj.)
-a common variable unit of land measure, now equal in the U.S. and Great Britain to 43,560 square feet or 1 / 640 square mile (4047 square meters).

The house is set on nearly three quarters of an ~.

エーカー
acre
(n.)
-to lose brightness or vividness of color.

As tobacco queens ~ from sight, drag queens are becoming increasingly evident.

衰える
fade
(v.)
-pertaining to, characteristic of, occurring in, or inhabiting the tropics, especially the humid tropics: tropical flowers.

The market is now glutted with ~ fruits of all kinds.

熱帯の
tropical
(adj.)