surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
physical contact (between friends, mother and child, etc.); physical intimacy
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
taking back what one just said; eating one's words; negating one's previous comment, opinion, etc.
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
absurdity; contradiction; incoherence; irrelevance
intellectual; educated person; intelligentsia
handsome youth (male); pretty boy
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition; formal writing with little real meaning
to win the prize; to win the ring
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied
history; pedigree; lineage
(logical) true; regular; 10^40; ten thousand undecillion; original; positive
zaibatsu; financial conglomerate; industrial group
son and heir; son who will succeed one
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
very rich person; the super rich
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
to listen attentively to; to be lost in
to be honest; to be frank; honestly; if you want to know the truth
irritating; aggravating; upsetting
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
to become one tile away from completion; to be at one's wits' end; to be about to blow one's fuse
grasp; catch; understanding
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency