sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
distant look; faraway look
very popular; highly favoured
creative work (e.g. artistic, literary)
self-indulgence; doing as one pleases
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
existing (between); interposition; intervention; involvement
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
man of the future; Homo futurus
another world (esp. in fiction); otherworld; parallel universe; different-dimension world; isekai
one thing or another; this and that; something or another
to allow; to let (somebody) do; to make (somebody) do
change; alteration; modification
short pause; short interval
to be absorbed in reading
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
mere consolation; temporary peace of mind
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
neighbouring country; neighboring country; adjacent country
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
coercion; overpowering; to overpower; to overawe; to daunt
to undergo great hardships; to waste away from great effort and worry
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my