highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
this is why; this means; it is the case that
such; like that; that sort of; very
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
stealth; travelling incognito (traveling); ninjutsu; ninja; sneak theft; sneak thief; tolerance
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
head; chief; leader; the greatest of all; the most excellent
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
only; merely; but; no more than
trembling (with fear, cold, etc.); shaking; chattering (of teeth); coming loose; wobbling
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
participation; joining; entry; adherence
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to be helpful; to be useful
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
in spite of; regardless of
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
with the exception of; excepting; excluding