to some extent; to a certain extent
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
until now; so far; up to the present
individual; one by one; separate; each
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
primordial; fundamental; basic; primitive
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
to wake (someone) up (by calling for them); to awaken; to call (to mind); to bring back (memories); to evoke
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
unconventional; eccentric; offbeat; aberrant; outlandish; crazy
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
declaration; proclamation; announcement
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
taboo; day, time, direction, words, etc. that must be avoided; contraindication
objection; dissent; protest
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
face; surface; mask (esp. a noh or kyogen mask)
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
joint struggle; common (united) front
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
to be forward; to be impertinent
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)
of course; certainly; naturally
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters)
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to join; to piece together; to set (bones); to graft (onto a tree)
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
prescribed; designated; appointed; fixed
in accordance with plans; just as planned