incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
uncertain; vague; ambiguous
unity; coherence; consistency; settlement; conclusion; completion
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
various countries; various regions; various provinces
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
one by one; one after another; successively
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
turning over while sleeping in bed; betrayal; double-crossing
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
world; society; people; the public
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
nothing but; none other than
to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)
after that; afterwards; thereafter
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
acceleration; speeding up
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
to be urgent; to be pressing; to be imminent
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
boasting; big talk; bombast; Australian English
to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list)
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
cause for concern; reasons for uneasiness
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
down to earth; reasonable