optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
cannot be helped; unavoidable
extremely dangerous; full of peril
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
weather; climate; disposition; temperament
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
wind-scattered dust; windblown sand; worldly affairs; cares of life
source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to continue to do; to persist in doing
about here; in this neighborhood
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
thought; consideration; thinking
to drive mad; to make insane; to cause a malfunction; to put out of order; to derail (a plan, etc.)
to lose strength; to become weak; to wither; to droop; to feel demotivated; to lose interest
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
thoroughly; through and through
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
La Pérouse Strait (between Hokkaido and Sakhalin); Sōya Strait
intercept; interception; counter-attack
two places; two spots; two locations; two parts; two passages
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
patrolling (esp. using ships or aircraft)
before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill
Tsushima (former province located on Tsushima Island in present-day Nagasaki Prefecture); Tsushima (island)
Tsugaru (Western region of Aomori Prefecture)
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
... all over again (repeating the same failure)
Noto (former province located in the north of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture); Noto (peninsula)
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
waiting; expectation; standby image (on a mobile phone); (phone) wallpaper
overhasty; rash; premature