moment by moment; hour by hour
change to ...; becoming ...; making into ...; -ization; -ification
around the world; throughout the world
to cover up the sky (e.g. smoke)
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
sensitivity; sensibility; susceptibility; receptivity
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
grasp (of the situation, meaning, etc.); understanding; control; hold; grip
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
first report (esp. of an incident or news story); initial report
close investigation; careful examination; scrutiny
reference data; reference material
faint hopes; dim prospects; little hope; unlikely (to be successful)
imperial court; royal court
sorcery; black magic; netherworld; world outside the six realms where evil spirits roam
teachers, superiors, and men of prominence
old body; aged person; elderly person
whip; lash; stick; cane; encouragement; rebuke
great hurry; great haste; rush
to regain one's breath; to catch one's breath
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)
above the clouds; heaven; the Imperial Court; something unreachable; place of out of reach
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; frond; foliage
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
beyond human understanding
beyond one's control; nothing one can do
having not the slightest idea
preface; foreword; introduction; beginning; start
weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly
with a vroom; with a sudden shaking
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident