to get lost; to lose one's bearings; to be puzzled; to be perplexed; to be tempted; to be seduced
to take; to catch; to capture
based on; built on; made from
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
external (hard drive, disk drive, etc.)
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
assuming that ...; supposing that ...
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
possible; likely; probable
amplification (elec.); magnification; amplification; making larger
study; research; investigation
on the occasion of; at the time of
to cultivate a better understanding
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
mysterious; bewitching; alluring; enticing; enchanting
human experiment; human experimentation; experiment on a living person
to be suspected (of); to be under suspicion (of)
sanity; consciousness; soberness
sculpture; carved statue; graven image
to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
feeling; sensation; mood; sensation of doing
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
way (of doing); manner; method; means
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
headquarters; head office; main office
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid
radical party; extremists
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
internal strife; infighting; internal conflict
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish