large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
congestion (e.g. traffic); delay; stagnation
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
ago; since; before; previous
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
imagination; supposition; guess
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
Ginza (shopping district in Tokyo); (Edo period) silver mint
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
war; fighting; fierce competition
just this side of; one step short of; on the brink
to glare at each other; to confront each other
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
shopping; purchased goods
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
cover; concealment; masking; occultation
moat; fosse; trench; underground air-raid shelter; dugout
to throw one's weight around; to exercise one's authority; to make one's presence felt
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
southern army (e.g. in a civil war; esp. the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War)
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
right on; dead on; fitting to a T; on the button; perfectly correct
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
confusion; distraction; derangement
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of