reaction; response; physical reaction (to a stimulus); observable response (of an organism); reaction; effect
possible; conceivable; likely; probable
long ago; a long time ago; already
to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
white heat; incandescence; (emitting) white light; becoming excited; getting heated (e.g. of a discussion); reaching a climax
if it is (the case that ...)
to do one's best; to put forth every effort
common; ordinary; fair (e.g. fight); gracious; frank; open
usual; normal; long (of time); old; for a long time; for a while
relation; connection; relevance
farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
to work (for, at, in); to be employed (at); to finish (a term); to serve (e.g. a sentence); to conduct (a ceremony); to perform (a Buddhist memorial service)
soon; shortly; before long
means; way; method; measure
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
Ministry of Central Affairs (under the ritsuryō system)
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (someone) for advice
to say; to tell; to state; to do
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
descent (to earth, esp. of a god); advent; epiphany; arrival (of an important person); appearance
the place for; the time for; the level of
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
at; in; at; when; by; with
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to moisten; to wet; to profit; to enrich; to benefit
to stand up; to get up; to recover; to regain one's energy; to (stand up and) take action; to rise up (against); to rise (from a crouch) and make the initial charge
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
sincerely; earnestly; wholeheartedly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
cunning; craft; guile; slyness
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
God's name; Christ's name
polite; respectful; reverent