several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
no!; no no!; no, not at all
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
stormy weather (at sea); poor catch of fish (due to stormy seas); poor turn-out; recession
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)
that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!
indeed; really; truly; very much
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
prophet; predictor; prognosticator
visual hallucination; vision
Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2
for example; for instance; e.g.
Siberia; cake made with layers of sweet bean paste and sponge cake
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
continuation; succession; series
northern part; the north (of a region)
serious damage; injury or loss; heavy blow
postwar period; period after Second World War
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
nuclear fission; karyokinesis (division of a cell nucleus during mitosis or meiosis)
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
three; three years of age
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
may I ask (for); might I ask (that)
of course; certainly; naturally
man; male; masculine gender
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
though; notwithstanding; although
to shake; to tremble; to sway; to be unsettled; to be unstable; to fluctuate
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
(editorial) supervision; general editorship; supervising director