wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
beginning; outset; first; onset
red eyes; bloodshot eyes; red-eye; red mullet (Chelon haematocheilus); facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
conviction; belief; confidence
to start a journey; to embark on a trip; to set forth; to hit the trail
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
feeling; sense; impression
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)