gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); snatching; stealing
business world; business circles; (the) industry
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
glaring; flaming; fiery; blazing
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
crazy deed; unbelievable deed; the height of madness; act of sheer madness
to live through; to survive
advanced; pioneering; cutting-edge
to bind (with rope, etc.)
brake; (a) stop (to a development, behavior, etc.); (the) brakes
gathering material (for an article, novel, etc.); collecting information; covering (an event, incident, etc.); reporting; interview (for a news story)
to be forestalled; to fall behind; to be one step behind
to rebuild; to reconstruct
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
online news; netnews; Usenet
delay; lag; falling behind; falling behind in; lagging behind in
decline; fall; decay; withering
economic world; financial circles; business community
praiseworthy; commendable; laudable; strange (person); weird; odd
beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
to explain adequately; to be accountable
to look at each other; to exchange looks; to correspond (to); to be proportionate (to); to be in keeping with
appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view
fortune; fate; chance; coincidence; (stroke of) luck
loud laughter; hearty laugh
somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why
divine wind (esp. a typhoon thought to have protected Japan from a Mongolian invasion in the 13th century); kamikaze
superstition; superstitious belief
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
tradition; folklore; legend; (verbal) message; word (from someone)
mere consolation; temporary peace of mind
being superstitious; acting superstitiously (for good luck)
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
proof; evidence; sign; witnessing; testifying; testimony
handwriting; handwritten; hand-drawn; hand-painted
in plain words; in plain terms; put simply
firm promise; definite promise