courtesy call; going around to say hello (or goodbye) to everybody; making the rounds
timidity; nervousness; being easily intimidated
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
by chance; by accident; accidentally; occasionally; once in a while; now and then
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
story; tale; talk; discussion
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below; to wedge; to play a wedge
to keep a watchful eye on
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
testimony; (verbal) evidence
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
to jump out; to leap out; to appear (suddenly); to emerge; to protrude; to project
to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
spell; charm; incantation; magic words
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet; to post on Twitter
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
charm; fascination; to charm; to fascinate; to captivate
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
to take flight; to disappear
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
lifting a curse; breaking a spell; disenchantment
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency
to state one's opinion; to offer one's opinion; to opine
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
doing whatever one pleases; selfishness; self-indulgence
inveiglement; cajolement; wheedling; enticement
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
royal castle; imperial castle
hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
escape; getting away (from); getting out (of); prolapse; proptosis
secrecy; highly classified information
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
such; like that; that sort of
information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer