without; but if; otherwise; or else
no matter how much time passes
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
to feel like; to feel inclined to do
to love; to cherish; to admire; to appreciate
to kick away; to kick off; to kick hard; to refuse curtly; to reject outright
establishment; settlement
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
tale; short story; sketch comedy; skit
one side; one party; counterpart; one of a pair; fellow; mate
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
viewing as a problem; problematizing
plentiful; abundant; definitely extant
diligent; hardworking; healthy; fit; (arch.) faithful; (arch.) devoted
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
incident; affair; happening; event
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
here and there; in places
study; research; investigation
impressions; thoughts; feelings; opinions
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
writer; painter; drawer; skilful writer; skilful painter
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
suddenly; all of a sudden
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
device; equipment; machinery; apparatus
the same; the said; likewise
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
like this; this sort; this way