in the meanwhile; during the time
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
western part; the west (of a region); the West (United States)
minor; small; minor (key, scale, etc.); the minor leagues (US baseball)
word; term; language; speech
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal (e.g. to the public); to urge; to exhort
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
hateful; detestable; abominable; amazing; fantastic; admirable
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
human experiment; human experimentation; experiment on a living person
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
root; origin; source; cause; basis; foundation
fork; junction; parting of the ways; turning point
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
agreement; rule; arrangement; decision
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
to bring in; to take in; to approach (someone) with (a proposal, offer, problem, etc.); to bring; to bring (to another stage); to take (e.g. to court, to extra time, to a play-off)
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
in a hurry; hurriedly; hastily; helter-skelter; hurry-scurry; in a panic
to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become indistinct; to become impure (of one's heart, a society, etc.); to be corrupted