impossible; unlikely; improbable
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
uncool; unsophisticated; unfashionable; out of fashion; tacky
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab
invalid; void; ineffective; unavailable
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
to be injured; to sustain a wound
very careful; thoroughly prepared
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
to be surprised; to be astonished
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
disguising oneself as a man; dressing as a man (for a woman); male clothing
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to drag; to pull
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
sleepover; overnight stay
the place for; the time for; the level of
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
to be prolonged; to drag on
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
is that so? (generally rhetorical)