to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
to read (a book); to open (a book) to read; to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)
Jon; John; Gjon; Jonathan
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
in succession; in an endless stream; continuing without pause or interruption
to place in a row; to line up; to list; to enumerate; to talk a lot of nonsense; to tell a lot of lies
memory; sense; experience
well-known; noted; celebrated
Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
development; exploitation
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
haughty; arrogant; supercilious
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
posterity; future life; life to come
lesson; precept; teachings; moral
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
postwar period; period after Second World War
public opinion; popular voice; public sentiment; consensus