voyage; passage; travelling
insular; closed; unsociable; exclusive
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
retrogression; regression
to run; to hurry (when going somewhere); to drive (a car) quickly; to ride fast (on a horse); to win (fame)
looking or acting as if one owned the place
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
to this extent; to this degree; this much
to be annoyed (by); to be offended (at); to be irritated (with)
self-hatred; self-abhorrence; self-loathing
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
to consider others' feelings; to sympathize with somebody's feelings
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
to lose strength; to become weak; to wither; to droop; to feel demotivated; to lose interest
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
cooperation; collaboration
the other day; a few days ago
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
kidnapper; kidnaper; abductor
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
neighbour; neighbor; neighbourhood; neighborhood
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
near oneself; close to one; familiar
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
contacting; getting in touch; communication; call; message
painstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; toil; labor; labour
huge win; overwhelming victory
to aggravate; to complicate; to make worse