in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
blame; censure; rebuke; reproof
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
beginning; outset; first; onset
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
opening ceremony (of the school term)
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
much less; to say nothing of
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
to be(come) intertwined; to be entangled
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
originally; by nature; from the start
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
to come untied; to come apart; to be softened; to be relaxed
calm; graceful; quiet; mellow; damp; moist
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
brilliance; polish; lustre; luster; glossy finish (of photographs)
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
acceleration; speeding up
several minutes; a few minutes
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)