original story; original version; this volume
part; part-timer; part-time (work)
opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.); early stages; initial phase; outset
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
human relations; personal relationships
character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character
the same age; same period
foreshadowing; preparation; precautionary measures
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
concentration (e.g. of a solution); enrichment; condensation
insertion; incorporation; infixing
straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied
prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
modern person; people of today
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
novel; original; new; innovative
each field; various circles
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
universal; omnipresent; ubiquitous
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas