attention; giving one's attention; focusing
remote countryside; boondocks; the sticks; middle of nowhere
remote place; backcountry; the sticks; hinterland
these days; nowadays; today; at this time (of day); at this hour
the prospects look brighter; there is hope of accomplishing (something)
to await; to wait for; to expect
contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features
to appear all together; to be all present
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
showing one's face in public; facing another person
striking; remarkable; considerable
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
prison; jail; gaol; penitentiary
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to produce
penal servitude; serving time in prison; military service; forced labor; compulsory service
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
penal servitude; imprisonment with hard labor (hard labour)
rape resulting in injury; rape causing bodily harm
to take someone's life; to kill someone
time series; chronological order; chronology
28th day of the month; 28 days
to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)
within; inside of; less than
14th day of the month; 14 days
26th day of the month; 26 days
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
(Japanese) Meteorological Agency; JMA
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
to go out (of a fire, etc.); to die out (before burning to ash); to fall through (of plans, etc.); to fizzle out; to come to nothing
freedom; free man; free woman
way of speaking; intimation
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
universal; general; ubiquitous; omnipresent
20th day of the month; 20 days
putting in force (a law); putting into operation; putting into effect; carrying out (a plan, policy, etc.); execution
alcohol; alcoholic drink; alcohol; (alcohol-based) hand sanitizer
influenced (by); under an influence
recommended sentence; prosecution's demand for punishment
to become possible; to become able to (do)