mystery; mysteriousness; secret
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
programme; program; plans; arrangements
number of persons; personnel
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
commonplace (of people or animals); ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; found around every corner
to open (one's eyes) wide
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
apart from that; to return to the topic; enough of that
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
the reverse (side); back (side); other side; hidden side; behind the scenes
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
(an actor) conveying qualities of a character without gestures or speech; implied acting; implicitly asserting one's will (e.g. by sheer force of personality); performance using one's stomach (e.g. by drawing a face on it and animating it using one's abdominal muscles); acrobatics performed on a laid-out person's belly
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
stupid; dim-witted; dense; dull; obtuse; slow
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
honest; upright; cleanhanded; unselfish
smoky; awkward; uncomfortable; ill at ease
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
many; much; plenty; hardly
taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven
looter; thief at the scene of a fire; someone who takes advantage of a crisis to commit a crime
oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs
reason; circumstances; grounds; because of; due to; as a result of
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.; maxim
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
(Oh) dear!; (Oh) dear me!; Good gracious
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
border (between countries); national border
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow (i.e. bending of the body); bowing; reward