attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
to gather; to collect; to assemble
surely; certainly; without doubt
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
messenger; envoy; emissary
passing each other; missing (meeting) each other; failing to meet; (being at) cross purposes; discrepancy
I agree with you; it is as (someone) says
supplementary explanation
such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?
time; hour; period; class
settlement; solution; resolution
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
to relax; to feel at home
to give directions; to issue instructions
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
war; battle; match; game; competition
tension; mental strain; nervousness
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
to leave words (behind one, e.g. after death); to say (for posterity); to utter last words; to leave some things unsaid
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to head towards; to direct one's steps to
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
to stop walking; to pause