plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
chapter one; first chapter
virtual image; false image; pretense; pretence
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR
that day; the very same day
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
to be surprised; to be astonished
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
to bend one's head slightly to one side; to look slightly doubtful
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
private room; single (room); room for one; (toilet) stall
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
labyrinth; maze; mystery; dungeon
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
Democratic Party of Japan
again; once more; a second time
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
near; close; beside; third person
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
fiend for work; workaholic; career-minded person