contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
other than; excluding; without
nodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.); repeatedly nodding and dozing off; suddenly (dying); deep (flavor, flavour, color, colour, etc.); rich
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
down to earth; reasonable; able to deal with
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
want to ... do something; would like to ...
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
uninspiring; unexciting; dull; unrefined; uninteresting
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
nightly procession of monsters, spirits, etc.; veritable pandemonium; large number of people plotting and doing evil; creepy characters roaming about
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
to be very surprised; to be flabbergasted
senior high school student
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know