trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
to shoot a person to death
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
sound of a camera shutter; sound of water splashing
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
to have readied a bow and stand at ready; to watch for an opportunity; to wait until the time is ripe
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
inattention; absent-mindedness
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
tool; implement; means; furniture
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
way of justification, sorting, etc.
intentional; deliberate; contrived; artificial
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on
partly open; in half bloom
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
alteration; falsification; faking
rewriting (book); renewal; transfer of ownership
binding hand and foot; temporary feeling of paralysis; sleep paralysis; being tied down with money
to press a question; to cross-examine
how; in what way; by what means
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
such a thing; something like that
one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that
chance to win; opportunity to win; chance of victory