poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
to hunt a spy; to put a tail on someone; to stalk
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
finally; after great pains; at last; just barely
extraordinarily; astonishingly; extremely; terribly; unreasonably; absurdly
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
to stiffen; to become stiff
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
to rush over; to run up to
instant; moment; (split) second; (in a) flash; (in the) blink of an eye
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
fast (walking); quick; brisk; quick (passing of time); rapid; swift
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
to be unable to stand; to be weak in the knees; to be paralyzed (e.g. with fear) (paralysed); to be dumbfounded
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember