absentmindedly; dazedly; vaguely
pessimism; (taking a) gloomy view; discouragement; despondency; despair; disappointment
crisis awareness; sense of impending crisis
to leave as is; to ignore
shrill voice; piercing cry; shriek; scream
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
one clap; one beat; one mora (taken as a unit of time)
a short while ago; just now; already; for a long time
tottering steps; drunken staggering
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
unwillingly; reluctantly; against one's will
to make (someone) realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home (to someone); to teach (someone) a lesson
numb; insensitive (e.g. to pain); apathetic; insensitive; indifferent
since some time ago; for quite a while; already
board-shaped; plank-shaped; sheet-shaped
material; material properties; quality of material; quality of wood; quality of lumber
chief seat; seat of honor; seat of honour; head of the table
to revel in trouble and discord; to be bent on making trouble; to like starting fights
laconic; of few words; reticent; quiet
irregularity; abnormality; change of tone; transposition; modulation
to rustle (in the wind); to sway; to stir; to blow gently (of the wind); to blow softly
one's whole heart; everything one feels
uncharted territory; unknown waters; unfamiliar terrain
to be extraordinary; to be exceptional; to go beyond the limit
taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story
strange; weird; odd; strange thing; strange person
to get going; to start off
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front
reimportation; reimport; reverse import; (cultural, etc.) reverse import (e.g. California rolls being introduced in Japan)
ironist; sarcastic person; sharp tongue; satirist
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery
leaving (e.g. a courtroom, workplace); exiting; withdrawal (e.g. from a superior's presence)
to become thin; to fade; to grow pale
input and output; input-output; IO
terminal; pin (on a semiconductor or microcontroller); port (e.g. LAN port)