beginning; start; civilization; civilisation; enlightenment
welcome rain; beneficial rain; blessed rain; rain that comes after a drought
extreme north; North Pole; utmost limit; breaking point
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre
racing (of an engine); idling; going in circles (of an argument, discussion, etc.); spinning one's wheels; going nowhere
one gō (approx. 180 ml); one gō (approx. 0.33 square meters); one-tenth of the distance from the base to the summit of a mountain
vague; obscure; vast; boundless
(taking an) objective point of view; viewing objectively
brave fight; desperate fight
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
approval; acceptance; recognition; private seal; signet
consultation on career, university, etc. choices
flower reading; fortune-telling based on plucking the petals off a flower
discriminatory; discriminative
birth date; date of birth; DOB
know your place!; know your station!; don't overestimate yourself!
glowing ember (either red hot charcoal or the glowing remains of burnt firewood); live charcoal
fortune-telling; divination; augury
surpassing looks; exceptional appearance; mind and appearance
(not) in the slightest; (not) at all
to go unpunished; to be tolerated; to be allowed; to be overlooked
a little bit; a little while
approximately; about; only; nothing but; just (finished, etc.)
geographic features; divination based on the lay of the land
optical fiber; optical fibre
fused silica; fused quartz; quartz glass; silica glass
fascicle; fiber bundle; fibre bundle
retrofuture; retrofuturism
to startle; to surprise; to astonish; (lit.) to make (someone) say "oh!"
complacency about peace; naive belief in continued peace; ignorance of global conflict