to be overproduced; to be incredibly good (e.g. for a child); to go much better than expected; to be too good to be true (of a story, etc.)
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
substance; real form; main part; main unit; this machine; this appliance; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.)
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
attention; giving one's attention; focusing
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
opportunity; chance; trigger; cause
coming to a head; coming to the surface; becoming an issue; breaking
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
Leigh (Britain); Ri; Li; Lie
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
in some way or other; in some shape or form; somehow
simply; merely; only; solely
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
suspicious-looking; fishy
not necessarily so; is not always true
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
to step firmly; to harden by treading