series; sequence; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary
universal; omnipresent; ubiquitous
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing
in advance; beforehand; previously
to decide (e.g. an outcome); to dictate; to determine
field overseer; site foreman
inadequacy; inappropriateness; unfitness; impropriety
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
the reverse; other side; lining
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
to crouch; to squat; to cower
scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean
completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday
tone (of voice); manner of talking
to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute
to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed
danger; peril; hazard; risk
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
silence; keeping silent; giving no notice; giving no warning; wordless pantomime performed in the dark (in kabuki)
great difference; major mistake
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
sun and moon; time; the years; the months
very; much; greatly; a lot of