strangeness; abnormality; disorder
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
advanced (developed) country; advanced nations
unrelated; unconnected; without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha
sheltered upbringing; person who has had a sheltered upbringing; (lit.) hothouse upbringing
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
anarchy; state of anarchy
to manage something successfully; to be successful
rule; reign; government; governing
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
Central Intelligence Agency (US); CIA
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
that day; the very same day
private citizen; civilian
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
how; in what way; by what means
impossible to understand; impossible to decipher
absurd; nonsensical; preposterous
script; screenplay; scenario
backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on)
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
to be caught in a dilemma; to get into a scrape
to force (someone) to take part; to take along unwillingly
dark (menswear) suit (midnight blue, black, etc.)
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
thought experiment; gedankenexperiment
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity