emergency; extraordinary; unusual
to lose sight of; to miss
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
anything and everything; just about everything
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
to believe implicitly; to believe firmly
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
myself; yourself; I; me; you
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
how dare ...; how could ...
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
tactician; schemer; intriguer; resourceful person
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
to be sharp; to be keen; to be on the ball; to have a mind like a steel trap; to be clever
that is to say; so that means
to sink (into); to get depressed
very recently; in the very recent past
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs
you could say; you might say; verging on the
how; in what way; by what means
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam