in a crowd; ganging up (on); joining forces
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
(metaphor for) something unusually fast; (lit.) fleeing hare
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
mark; symbol; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to; focusing on
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
close investigation; careful examination; scrutiny
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
to regain one's breath; to catch one's breath
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
mass communication; mass media
bashing; fierce criticism; busing (catering); bussing; removing dirty plates, cutlery, etc. from a table in a restaurant
to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
rank-and-file member of staff; ordinary employee; low-grade employee
a question (an issue) of where responsibility (liability) lies; a question of who is responsible (to blame)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
firing line; position where one is subject to questioning, criticism, etc.; in front of a flying arrow (fired by the enemy)
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes
to throw at; to turn; to raise
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
to be absorbed in thought; to muse; to muse about; to think things through
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing
feelings; thoughts; meaning
best; extra-fine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; jumping and slashing (e.g. at an enemy)