change; conversion; transformation; transformation
absorption; suction; attraction
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
study of foreign languages; linguistics
clear; clearing (a bar, hurdle, etc.); overcoming; getting through; clearing (the ball); clearing (e.g. a checked box)
book; booklet; story book; pamphlet; notebook
boat ticket; passage ticket
news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements
last week; the week before
a sentence; one sentence; (short) piece of writing
to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
to tear up and throw away
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
decider; person who decides; deciding factor; clincher; trump card
departure (sailing) formalities
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
wharf; bridge; jetty; pier
coming alongside a pier, quay, etc.; reaching land (of a boat)
postwar period; period after Second World War
fortress; stronghold; citadel
fort; stronghold; fortification
cutting edge; leading edge; forefront; tip; end
function; facility; faculty; feature
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
Onmyōdō; way of Yin and Yang; occult divination system based on the Taoist theory of the five elements
emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri)
recall (esp. of an envoy or an ambassador); calling someone back; summons (home)
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate; to dress
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
dark night; moonless night