query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
fearfully; nervously; timidly; gingerly
no matter how much time passes
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
exaltation; emotional uplift
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
losing a battle; lost battle; battle one cannot win; battle one is doomed to lose
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
half-hearted reply; vague answer; reluctant answer
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
average; mean; balance; equilibrium
such ... as; or some such
rate; late; rating; ranking
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to deceive; to trick
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
to be forestalled; to be taken in; to be cheated; to be outwitted
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
to be full of (e.g. adventure, youth, energy); to be overflowing with
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
reality; actuality; hard fact
together with; same; both; all; including ...
flash (esp. of a camera); flashlight; very short scene in a film or TV show; newsflash
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
until now; so far; up to the present
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away