speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
you could say; you might say; verging on the
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
state capital; provincial capital; county town
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
eyewitness report; eyewitness information
taking no notice (of); thinking nothing of; disregarding; not aware of; completely ignoring; being out of consideration
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
testimony; (verbal) evidence
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
iron sand; magnetite sand
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
to need; to call for; to require
way of speaking; intimation
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
other party; other side; ahead; in front; destination
long ago; already; a long time ago
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
to make one's name well known; to gain much fame
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to