to strain (oneself); to bear down; to exert oneself; to put on a bold front; to make a show of strength; to swagger
hearer; listener; audience; interviewer; questioner
sequel; later development
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to
questions and answers; dialogue
to be in focus; to come into focus
concreteness; feasibility
customization; customisation
making doubly sure; points scored for good measure; insurance run (in baseball)
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...
to speak disparagingly of; to speak very ill of; to run down; to trash; to slam; to lay into
piping hot; scalding; madly in love; passionately in love
alternately sucking in and blowing out air through one's mouth while eating something hot (in order to cool it down)
cut; slice (meat, fish); fillet
compression; condensing; shortening; compression (of data)
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
something out of the ordinary; variant; variety; person with an unusual character or background; unique figure; exceptional type
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
to break onto (shore); to wash ashore; to attack
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
island group; archipelago
uninhabited island; desert island
to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
(of skin) to peel off (e.g. from sunburn); to improve; to become more refined
assistance (in a fight); help; aid; helper; supporter
starting point; origin; origin (of coordinate axes); datum point
to come back (to); to return to a starting point
warm air (e.g. from a heater); (arch.) spring breeze
particularly; only; in the case of
what are we going to do?; uh-oh; oh crap; what a mess; oh brother
emergency landing; forced landing; crash landing
palm tree (any tree of family Arecaceae)
crisis awareness; sense of impending crisis
young motorcycle-riding delinquents; bōsōzoku
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
warp (fictional faster-than-light spacecraft propulsion)
grimoire; book of magic; book of sorcery
zazen (seated Zen meditation, usu. in a cross-legged position)
food, clothing and shelter; necessities of life