system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
hereabouts; around there; that area
when it becomes; when it comes to
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
chemical reaction; generation of an unexpected result from combining things
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
mixed race; mixed parentage
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
international; diplomatic intercourse
yearbook; almanac; annual
spontaneous generation; abiogenesis; natural occurrence; spontaneous occurrence
to have an eye on; to zero in on
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
to distinguish in writing; to use different writing styles; to draw (identifiably)
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815)
to take (trouble); to attend (to business); to command (army)
of course; certainly; naturally
in one's own way or style
womanizer; Lothario; Don Juan; philanderer; lady-killer
life-size; life-sized; true-to-life; faithful (depiction); realistic
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
human kindness; human weakness
(talking in a) half-joking manner
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat