renewal; update; innovation; improvement
setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage
temporary; provisional; interim
extension; elongation; prolongation; Enchō era (923.4.11-931.4.26)
yes and no; for and against
mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing
desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable
small mercy (from some misfortune); silver lining of a dark cloud; consolation in sadness; blessing in disguise
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
international; diplomatic intercourse
disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus
messenger; envoy; emissary
conviction; belief; confidence
several people; some people; a few people; a number of people
feelings; thoughts; meaning
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
to be perturbed; to be agitated
unexpected; unforeseen; accidental
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
cesspool; sink; manure sink
to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp
infancy; childish; infantile; immature
behind with everything; too late; reactive
failure; mistake; blunder
in succession; one after another
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
successively; one after another; sequentially; one by one
throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction