My words

肝心

かんじん

essential, fundamental, crucial, vital, main

波長

はちょう

wavelength

極める

きわめる

to carry to extremes, to go to the end of something, to investigate thoroughly, to master

合理的

ごうりてき

rational, reasonable, logical

明快

めいかい

clear, clear-cut, lucid, unequivocal, explicit

個体差

こたいさ

individual difference

個性

こせい

individuality, personality, idiosyncrasy

思考

しこう

thought, consideration, thinking, thinking

肉片

にくへん

piece (cut) of meat

脳波

のうは

brain waves, Brain Waves, brain wave

魂胆

こんたん

soul, ulterior motive, secret design, plot, intrigue, scheme

湧く

わく

to well (up), to gush forth (of water), to spring out, to surge, to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.), to feel emotions form (joy, bravery, etc.), to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)

変哲

へんてつ

unusual

到底

とうてい

(cannot) possibly, no matter how

見込み

みこみ

hope, promise, possibility, chance, probability, likelihood, expectation, anticipation, forecast, estimate, side of a structural member

本性

ほんしょう ほんせい

true character, real nature

眺める

ながめる

to view, to gaze at

紛らす

まぎらす

to divert, to distract, to conceal (one's sorrow with a smile, etc.)

寒気

さむけ かんき

chill, the shivers, shivering fit, cold, coldness, cold air

指揮

しき

command, direction

射殺

しゃさつ

shooting to death

素人

しろうと しろと しらびと

amateur, layman, ordinary person, novice, respectable woman (not a prostitute, hostess, geisha, etc.), unlicensed prostitute

威嚇

いかく

menace, threat, intimidation, to threaten, to intimidate

手際

てぎわ

performance, skill, tact

武装

ぶそう

arms, armament

全滅

ぜんめつ

annihilation, total destruction, complete destruction, crushing defeat

兎も角

ともかく

anyhow, anyway, somehow or other, generally speaking, in any case, be that as it may

姿勢

しせい

attitude, posture, stance, approach, carriage (of the body), posture

死刑

しけい

death penalty, capital punishment

見極める

みきわめる

to see through, to probe, to make sure of