halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
future (usually near); prospects
time; season; period; phase; stage
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
Baekje (ancient Korean kingdom; 18 BCE-660 CE); Paekche
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
expression in writing; written representation; notation; writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope); inscribing on the face
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
viewer; (television) audience
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
exorcism rite; purification
first time; first innings; initial attempt; first; initial
ratings (e.g. of a television program); audience rating; viewing rate
last place; lowest position; lowest rank; least significant (bit); lowest order
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
plagiarism; plagiarised work
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total