before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
freely; at liberty; at will; as one likes
Wu Hu (five tribes that migrated into China in 300-500 CE: Xiongnu, Jie, Xianbei, Di, Qiang)
to awake from one's sleep
patterns of thinking; train of thought
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
near oneself; close to one; familiar
to make merry; to be festive
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
amount of force (required to do something); (using the) right amount of force; appropriate use of force
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
base of the throat; bottom of the neck
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going