surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
virile; tough; masculine; intense
midway; halfway through; in the course of
time passes; the days and months go by; the months roll on
footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)
to perceive; to understand
hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
guidance; leadership; leading the way
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
clear; clear-cut; lucid; unequivocal; explicit
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
things at hand; personal belongings
highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
to push in; to force into; to break in (e.g. into a house); to intrude
dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
to keep in contact (e.g. by phone, mail, etc.); to keep in touch
to cover up the sky (e.g. smoke)
morning; forenoon; just before noon
gently (raining); drizzling; moist; damp
just past noon; afternoon
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
lesson; precept; teachings; moral
error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense
false accusation; pretext; picking a quarrel; committing oneself
persistence; single-mindedness
stationing (e.g. of troops); garrison
leader of a delegation (body, party)
connection; link; relationship
leaving one's seat (before an event is over); excusing oneself (from a meeting, conversation, etc.)
to be aware of; to know about; to be concerned in; to have to do with
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
return; coming back; second coming (e.g. of Christ); second advent; reincarnation
expressing one's mind; speaking out
distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
if you think about it; come to think of it
freely; at liberty; at will; as one likes
to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat