environment; circumstance
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
alchemy; way of making money; moneymaker; money-spinner
crystal; crystallization; crystallisation; fruits (of labor, union, etc.)
reaching; attaining; arrival
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
perpetual youth and longevity; immortality
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
record (e.g. LP); record (e.g. in sports); record (data structure)
certainly; surely; definitely
study; research; investigation
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
overcoat; greatcoat; cloak; wrap; mantle
spare time; free time; leisure time
in preparation; (shop) not yet open for business
fighting with one's back to the wall; having burnt one's bridges; last stand; from strategy of general Han Xin in the Battle of Jingxing
to flare up; to burst into flames
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
mismatched; odd; irregular; inconsistent; incoherent; confused
harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon