treachery; betrayal; perfidy
alteration; falsification; faking
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)
to replace; to substitute; to switch; to move (something); to transfer
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
to uncover; to solve; to reveal
to shake; to sway; to rock; to become unstable; to become unsettled; to be shaken
the other day; some days ago; recently; a day in the past
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
assumption; supposition; hypothesis; supposition
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly; (not) readily; (not) right away; (not) immediately
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
jumping the gun; premature action; omen; portent; first produce of the season (vegetables, fish, etc.); herald; runner sent ahead to announce one's lord's arrival (Muromachi and Edo periods)
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet; to post on Twitter
little while; short time; (arch.) an hour; half-hour; half an hour
door; gate; opening; title page
to show up; to appear; to turn up
memory (of having seen something or someone before); remembrance; recollection; recognition
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
scholar; academic; scientist; learned person; person of learning
repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
at a glance; at first sight
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
build; physique; frame; constitution
to temper thoroughly; to train well
sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)
bright white (esp. for snow and ice); brilliant white
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
overall; general; as a whole
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
(a person's) appearance; looks
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
accident; emergency; calamity