arrangement; disposition; array (programming)
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
distant look; faraway look
destruction; collapse; crumbling
cave; tunnel; tunnel tomb (Kofun period)
thunderstruck; hit by a thunderbolt; struck by lightning
minute; detailed; careful; scrupulous; thorough
corpulence; fatness; obesity
to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
clever; shrewd; canny; smart; quick; prompt
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
a few years ago; some years back
to be in difficulties; to be in trouble; to be in a difficult situation
choices; alternatives; options
to be caught in a dilemma; to get into a scrape
to be noisy (e.g. from people talking); to be discomposed (e.g. feelings)
very short and stout; small but quite wide around
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
brilliance; polish; lustre; luster; glossy finish (of photographs)
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
anyone can see that; it's obvious that
real thing; original; actual
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
helmet; hard hat; protective headgear
to use abusive language; to curse; to call someone names
to state; to express; to mention
weightlessness; zero gravity
karoshi; death from overwork