serious; severe; grave; acute
one-person show; one-woman show; one-man show; performing solo; monodrama
dual personality; split personality
having no idea what will happen; God only knows; there is no knowing; you never can tell
God only knows what may happen
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
chaos; turmoil; pandemonium; havoc
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
control; bringing under control; settling (a matter); putting in order
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
intelligence gathering; information gathering
principle; theory; fundamental truth
clone; kroon (former currency of Estonia)
love romance; love story; romance; romance story; romantic fiction
cache; place to hide something
to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool
this very day; today is the day (that ...); today for sure
dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
main question; real issue at hand
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
insignificant; inconsequential; trifling; negligible; of little importance
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
zaibatsu; financial conglomerate; industrial group
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
property; fortune; means; assets
currently popular; in fashion; trendy
information technology; IT
enterprise; business; company; corporation
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture