confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
crystallinity; degree of crystallization
draw (in go, poetry contest, etc.); tie
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
Man'yōshū (8th century anthology of Japanese poetry); (arch.) thousands of leaves; (arch.) thousands of years; (arch.) all ages
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
virtual image; false image; pretense; pretence
clearly; distinctly; vividly
up until now; as recently as the present
enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
phantom; vision; illusion
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
wasteland; wilderness; abandoned land; devastated land
to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp
real image; real form; real-life image; true picture
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
to begin to do; to cater; to deliver food
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
naked eye; the physical eye
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
rough; wild; rude; harsh; gruff; violent
to project; to show; to portray; to depict; to describe
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
not necessarily so; is not always true
hint; insinuation; indirect suggestion; allegory
the staff; inside the department
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
corresponding to; being applicable to; being relevant to; coming under; falling under; fulfilling (requirements)
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
joints; points (of a speech)