to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
competent; suitable; qualified
to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant; ordinary; normal; regular
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
other people's affairs; someone else's problem
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
to take (someone) by surprise; to do something unexpected
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
vacant space; aperture; gap; opening
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
chance; opportunity; occasion
make good use of; make the most of
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
to shake one's head (in disagreement); to disagree; to refuse; to say no; to turn down (a request)
review; reconsideration; revision
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
to nod one's head; to nod yes; to agree
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
premises; grounds; campus; compound; precincts
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon); trace
memory; sense; experience
outsider; someone outside of a group
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
to bring (someone into a place); to lead into
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
to move (to another place or state); to change (e.g. of state, affiliation, scenery, etc.); to spread (of a fire, smell, etc.); to catch (an illness); to move (e.g. of one's focus); to change (e.g. of one's interest)
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season