serious; not joking; straight
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
no!; no no!; no, not at all
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
company president; manager; director
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
stealthily; secretly; in secret
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
opening and shutting; opening and closing
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
responsibility; liability; blame; torture; torment; persecution
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
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
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
to look forward to something
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
twenty-fourth day of the month; twenty-four days