wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
sanity; consciousness; soberness
expressly; especially; specially; intentionally; deliberately; on purpose
to face; to go towards; to head towards
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
a few hours; several hours; a couple of hours
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
to fight against; to oppose; to face
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
generally; on the whole; general; rough; outline; main points
burlesque; low comedy; farce
a long, long time ago; very long ago
tedious; boring; being fed up with
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
to push someone (towards); to encourage someone
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
gallant; manly; brave; imposing; awe-inspiring; chivalrous
personality; character; individuality; personhood
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
unlimited; endless; boundless; infinite
to hate; to dislike; to avoid; to disregard; to act without regard (for); to be bad for (e.g. dust in machinery)
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
number one; first; best; most; game; round
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
daring; brave; bold; valiant; intrepid; dauntless