mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity
persistence; fortitude; indomitability
natural (e.g. talent); innate; inborn; inherent
destructive; catastrophic; disastrous; ruinous; devastating
hearsay; hearing secondhand; hearing through the grapevine
(feeling) impatient; irritated; irritating; frustrated; frustrating; vexed
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
mature; experienced; precocious; mature for one's age
to be impetuous; to carried away by youthful ardor; to be overly eager for action; to act rashly out of hot-bloodedness
out of luck; (at the) end of one's rope
outline; summary; gist; roughly; about; nearly
odd theory; strange view; absurd opinion; strange story
(weep) quietly; silently; (cry) bitterly
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
woodworking; woodwork; woodworker; carpenter
breeding; raising; rearing; keeping
to remake; to remold; to remould; to convert; to reconstruct; to adapt
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
physical distribution; distribution of goods; logistics
to be at a loss how to continue an offensive; to be frustrated by impregnable defences
with great vigour; in leaps and bounds; (lit.) with the force of surging waves
expatiation; enlargement (e.g. on a point); elaboration; clear explanation; paraphrasing
to be talked about; to get a name for oneself; to get publicity
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
to say; to be pleased to say
familiarity; intimacy; acquaintance
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
to burn; to scorch; to singe; to char
(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
exaltation; emotional uplift
to keep one's feet on the ground; to be down to earth
mountain ridge; near a mountain
(not) altogether; (not) wholly