to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
tailwind; fair wind; favorable wind (favourable); favorable condition (favourable); advantageous situation
request; appeal; claim; purchase
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to pierce through; to break through
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
anxiety (about the future)
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
(full) name; family name and given name
challenging (an unknown person); asking a person's identity
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
man; male; masculine gender
(field) marshal; (fleet) admiral; general of the army
(arch.) it is not so; no; never mind
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
honor; honour; credit; prestige
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
the whole area; all areas
one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism
to come; to go; to participate; to perform Zen meditation
(all) at once; at the same time; in one go; right away; in an instant
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
while; during (the time when)
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years