famous; well-known; renowned; your name
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
person of culture; cultured person
to gather; to collect; to assemble
to settle down (and deal with something); to concentrate all one's energy (on something); to settle oneself (in a place); to settle down (somewhere); to take a solid stance; to lower one's center of gravity (centre)
eyes and ears; seeing and hearing; one's attention; one's interest
to be prolonged; to drag on
matter of time; question of time
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
dyslexia; paralexia; reading disorder
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition; formal writing with little real meaning
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
complete ignorance (usu. in reference to feigning); lack of knowledge
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
screening meeting; trial meeting; qualifying competition
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
process; course; mechanism
nonchalant air; unruffled air
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; one-year period
technical skill; ability; capacity
(something) one does not really mean; insincere
to be pressed for time; to be pressed by urgent business; to have one's pants on fire
adds force or indicates command
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
explosion; rupture; break off
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake