oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
incident; affair; happening; event
leaving (e.g. work at end of day); withdrawal (e.g. from a noble's or superior's presence); exit (e.g. from a market)
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)
prediction; prophecy; prognostication
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
to insult; to say something insulting about; to bad-mouth
the other day; a few days ago
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
tail and fins; embellishment (of a story, rumor, etc.); exaggeration
unfounded (e.g. rumour); groundless; baseless; completely untrue
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to be forestalled; to fall behind; to be one step behind
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
shelter; cover; screen; shield; obstruction; defilade
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
to interrupt (a story, etc.); to bend at the waist
oh!; dear me; my goodness; well well; I say
to be sorry; to beg pardon; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be filled with awe; to be disconcerted
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
surrounding at a distance
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle