prank; practical joke; horseplay; mischievous trick
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
point of a spear; spearhead; focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.); aim; force (of an argument); edge
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
disrespect; irreverence; impiety; blasphemy; profanity
to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings
threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...
unintentionally; unconsciously; by mistake; heedlessly; against one's better judgement (judgment)
to fetter; to shackle; to bind
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
in a hurry; hurriedly; hastily; helter-skelter; hurry-scurry; in a panic
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
largest class; top category
notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties
from the beginning; from scratch
to admire (someone's courage); to approve of (someone's ambition)
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
faltering; tottering; halting; unsteady; awkward; clumsy
bombshell announcement; bombshell statement
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
in the same way; like; likewise; similarly
every person; each one; everybody
in succession; one by one
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; struck dumb with astonishment
appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
to love one another; to be affectionate towards each other; to have sex; to make love
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to (forcibly) separate (a couple, family, etc.); to force apart; to tear apart
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness
fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility
feeling; sensation; tentative; rough; interjection
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong