unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
period of time; time slot; time zone
refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed
ESPer; one who has ESP (extrasensory perception)
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
rīchi; declaring that one is one tile away from winning while one's hand is completely concealed; being one step away from completing something (winning, losing, game over, etc.)
presbyopia; age-related longsightedness; farsightedness
different type of business; different occupation
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
to be able to tell apart; to distinguish; to recognize
getting rich quick; making a killing; making a fortune at a single stroke
last night; yesterday evening
drinking party; get-together
foreign capital group; foreign company
finance; financing; credit transacting; monetary; financial; credit
moment by moment; hour by hour
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
oppression; suppression; pressure
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
as you see; as you can see
shell (of crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; person's back; years of experience
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
to cover (smear, sprinkle) (with)
business; trade; operations; sales
movie director; film director
filthy; squalid; dirty; foul; sordid
assistant director (in taking professional movies)
to win the prize; to win the ring
(spaghetti alla) carbonara
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
it can't be helped; so it goes; c'est la vie
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface