road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
to nod one's head; to nod yes; to agree
uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
several years; a few years
to pass (of time); to elapse
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
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)
being in dire distress; being hard put to it; the four and eight kinds of suffering
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
invitation; introduction; temptation
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
gender; distinction of sex; sex
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
unknown; unidentified; unspecified
incident; affair; happening; event
to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
to thrust before; to thrust at
simmer; bubble out; flow out
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
above the clouds; heaven; the Imperial Court; something unreachable; place of out of reach
inside one's heart; in one's mind
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
to come to mind; to pop into one's head