Tokyo Skytree (broadcasting and observation tower in Sumida, Tokyo)
faint memory; vague memory; dim memory; vague recollection
these guys; these fellows
pull; patronage; tug; room to move the camera back; drawing back; pulling back
true character; real nature
virtual image; false image; pretense; pretence
once-in-a-lifetime (opportunity); golden (opportunity); one-in-a-million (chance)
to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against
lawless; outrageous; insolent; rude; inexcusable; unpardonable
noble; lofty; high-minded
golden rule (basic principle ensuring success in some activity)
to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken
to stay up all night; to spend the night without sleep
to (enter and) sit down; to plop oneself down; to plant oneself down; to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)
act of God; irresistible force; inevitability; force majeure; vis major
constant attendance; uninterrupted supervision; staying with someone all the time
to twine (fibers to make rope); to twist
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
fleeing (to a distant place to avoid arrest, capture, etc.); absconding; running away; flying high; jumping high
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)
conjectures and surmises; speculation; giving one's imagination full play without any ground
to take on a role; to take part
stripping (of rights, rank, etc.); deprivation; forfeit; revocation; divestiture
desire for revenge; vengeful thoughts
sesame seeds; sesame (Sesamum indicum)
hardening; vulcanization; hardening (of attitude, stance, etc.); stiffening; upturn (in the market); firming up
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
distress; wretched condition
postscript; post scriptum; PS; P.S.
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
to be blown off; to be blown away; to disappear; to vanish; to rush; to hurry
to leave to chance; to resign oneself to one's fate; to leave the rest to heaven
work-to-rule; go-slow strike; slowdown; being idle; slackening; being truant
ending up right back where one started
ongoing; in progress; afoot
representative; exemplary; model