look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
tone (of voice); manner of talking
sincere; earnest; serious
ruling party; government party; party in power; government
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
mass communication; mass media
taking great pains (to do); making every effort; having a lot of trouble (doing); racking one's brains
interested person; volunteer; supporter
restoration (to original state or location); reconstruction; reversion
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
verbal gaffe; verbal slip; slip of the tongue; using improper words
Chinese (lineage, ancestry, ethnicity, etc.); Sino-
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
fengshui practitioner; fengshui master
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
calamity; disaster; misfortune
war; fighting; fierce competition
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
absence; disregard; indifference
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
scale; scope; plan; structure
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
analogy; analogical reasoning; analogical inference; analogy
for example; for instance; e.g.
Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); Ise (city)