appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
name (esp. on a deed, contract, etc.); moral duty; justification; pretext
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
reading too much into (what ... says)
reading circle; reading group; book club
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain
originator; pioneer; inventor; progenitor; primogenitor; founder of a family line
study; research; investigation
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
one by one; one after another; successively
settlement; solution; resolution
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
Kanazawa (city in Ishikawa)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
job hunting; job searching
changing one's attitude; turning over a new leaf; getting a fresh start
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
cheap article; poor quality article
don't worry about it; forget about it