tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy
(navigable) canal; waterway
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
escort vessel; destroyer (Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force)
with intense concentration; eagerly; intently; devouringly
police officer; policeman; policewoman
restlessly; aimlessly; to loiter; to drift; to be restless; to fuss
near; close (to); nearby; (drawing) near; approaching; almost here
freighter (vessel); cargo ship
storehouse; warehouse; godown
group; bunch; crowd; group
to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
to be far apart (from); to be a long way off (from); to be remote; to be very different (from); to be quite unlike; to be far from (e.g. the truth)
Odaiba (artificial island in Tokyo Bay)
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; bait
being painfully true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
environment; surroundings; circumstances
drinking fountain; water fountain; bubbler; (animal) watering hole; water hole
moving; relocation; change of address; transfer (of deeds, property, etc.); demise
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
technical prowess; technical ability; technical finesse; technological prowess; technological capabilities
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
cutting edge; leading edge; forefront; tip; end
completely changed; totally transformed
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
familiarity with the land; (having) knowledge about a place
within the story (of a book, play, film, etc.)
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
United Kingdom; UK; Britain; England
successive generations; successive emperors
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing