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