erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion
implementation; processor
substitute article; back-up
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
to start work (on); to undertake; to start committing a crime; embarkation; launch
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
reproduction; duplication; reprinting
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
reverie; meditation; anxiety; thought; pensiveness
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
height of summer; hottest part of summer
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
taking action although it may result in death; acting while being fully prepared to die
proficiency; mastery; becoming proficient (in)
to be at a loss how to continue; to become disheartened
removal (e.g. of a building); dismantling (e.g. a tent); striking (e.g. a stage set); withdrawal (of troops); evacuation; retreating
frame; framework; outline
unity; union; solidarity; combination; teaming up
encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement
important point; emphasis; iteration mark; colon (punctuation)
to entrust; to leave to a person
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
review; reconsideration; revision
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters)
power generation facility
rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction
difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable