patient's condition; pathology
appearance; presence; attendance; surrender (e.g. to the police); turning oneself in
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over
immense; awesome; enormous; terrific
back; backing; going backwards; background; backdrop; backhand; backer
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
bent back; indecisive attitude; timidity; lack of nerve
scenery; scene; landscape
lone wolf; loner; self-reliant person
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
looking on from afar; being a spectator
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to be a good match for; to stand a chance against; to be able to compete with; to hold one's own
announcing the succession to another's stage name
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
to be self-complacent; to be conceited; to flatter oneself; to be full of oneself
after all; in the end; when all's said and done; for the time being; at present
information bureau; intelligence department
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
even if; even though; however; no matter how
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
Island; insula; island; islet
to be born again; to make a fresh start in life
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
presence; appearance; attendance; visit; going out
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
the Japanese; Japanese side; Japanese delegation; Japanese representatives
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
entrusting (everything to); leaving (a matter) entirely with
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection