immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
to collapse into; to flop onto
to be lost in deep thought; to be deeply immersed in thought
deadlock; stalemate; impasse; dead end
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
to indicate; to show; to point to
error; mistake; slip; bug
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
to step over or across; to overcome
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to
early morning; early hours; early in the morning
to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
intellectual; educated person; intelligentsia
job; work; duties; trade; skill
tediously; repetitively; insistently; ad nauseam; at great length
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied
to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)
grand; far-reaching; ambitious
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
person concerned; interested party; related party
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
part (esp. of the body); region; site; cut (of meat)
pointing out; identification
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
transfer (of one's name into another family register); transfer (to another team, company, etc.)
to act timid (about doing); to show diffidence; to feel ashamed; to feel guilty
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
how long; how far; how much
direct unforked road; straight path
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness