to take a breath; to take a short rest
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
intermission (between acts); interlude
another world (esp. in fiction); otherworld; parallel universe; different-dimension world; isekai
drifting; drift; being adrift
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
disorder; disturbance; unrest
life; living; I; me; student
junior high school student; middle school pupil
civilian clothes; plain clothes; mufti; plainclothes police officer
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
Japanese person; Japanese people
dozens; scores of; decades
second (unit of time); arc second
sky; air; ether; firmament; the heavens
to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
(being) out of range (e.g. mobile network, radar, missiles); (being) out of contention; (being) beyond influence
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution
screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
warp (fictional faster-than-light spacecraft propulsion)
half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
impossible; unlikely; improbable
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...