to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
to disappear; to vanish; to abscond; to decamp
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
postwar period; period after Second World War
both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)
interior; inside; internal
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
spy; secret agent; spying
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
with all due respect; I'm sorry, but ...; I'm afraid ...
way of speaking; intimation
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
development; cultivation; application; exploitation (of resources)
very recently; in the very recent past
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence
state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
to be manageable; to be able to handle
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
breath; breathing; concord; harmony; steam (coming off hot food, tea, etc.); (water) vapor
to breathe in; to inhale; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
this world; this life; world of the living
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
what proportion; what percentage
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; reversal (of direction of rotation)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
reality; actuality; hard fact
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps