to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
to watch over; to watch attentively
question; inquiry; enquiry
to be reminded of; to call to mind
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
lightly; gaping wide; suddenly; unexpectedly
to be utterly amazed; to be stunned; to be disgusted
to strike; to hit; to give hell to
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
arm; skill; efforts; ability
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
wild; in disarray; harum-scarum; hysteric
to gather; to collect; to assemble
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
tone-deafness; amusia; tone-deaf; off-key; having no sense (of something); being hopeless (when it comes to something)
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
hard to understand; Byzantine fashion
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)