this is why; this means; it is the case that
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something
to trample; to crush underfoot
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
interior; inside; internal
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
(some) more; even more; longer; further
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
in comparison to; rather than
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
intruder; invader; trespasser; raider
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
to hide; to keep to oneself
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o