ignition; lighting; firing; setting off
the last moment; the very end
rational; reasonable; logical
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on); to zero in (on)
already; now; no longer; not any more
same; similar; (just) like; equal
tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock
distant view; looking from a distance; good long distance vision; farsightedness
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
meteor swarm; meteor shower
victim; injured party; sufferer
preface; introduction; preamble
dropping; unloading; grated vegetables, fruit, etc.; grater; using new tools (or clothes, etc.); new tools (or clothes, etc.)
sal (tree) (Shorea robusta); saul; Japanese stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia)
storage; putting or stowing away; receipt (of funds, payment, etc.); harvesting
(highway) median; median strip; central reservation
parts; accessories; components
navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre
decoration; ornament; trimmings
to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers
mechanism; mechanical parts; jack-in-the-box
word root (the smallest portion of a larger word that holds meaning)
eccentricity; eccentric behaviour
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
killing and wounding; bloodshed
to begin to walk; to set out
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
cram school; private tutoring school
taking a lecture; attending a class; taking a course
(piece of) rope; ordinary method