to be conspicuous; to stand out
Hakodate (city in Hokkaido)
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
had better ...; had better not ...
empirical; from experience
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
to attack; to assault; to assail
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
complete cure; radical cure; complete recovery
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
blank space (in documents); vacuum; blank; void
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
distrust; mistrust; insincerity; impiety; faithlessness
to be discouraged; to shrink from
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
reopening; resumption; restarting
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
foreign; abroad; overseas
to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (e.g. of vegetables; by depriving of light)
public opinion; popular voice; public sentiment; consensus
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
calmly; quietly; gently; be quiet!
underwater navigation; going underground; going into hiding; travelling incognito
to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
to exceed; to be even more (so); to exaggerate
overeagerness; rashness; forward step-out