oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
impossible to do (although wants to)
close adhesion; sticking firmly to; relating closely to; having relevance to; contact printing
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
deadly serious; deadly earnest
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
on the occasion of; at the time of
anguished; distressed; worried; horny
not caring; not giving a damn
healthy; sound; wholesome
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
suddenly; all of a sudden; quickly; emphatically; energetically
jealousy; roasted rice cake
to rise; to erect; to get up
being left out; being ostracized
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
doing things at one's own pace (e.g. slower than others); doing things one's own way (esp. in an inconsiderate manner)
two blessings at once; flanked by two beautiful women
to roar; to reverberate; to be well-known; to be famous; to palpitate; to throb
deep sleep; sound sleep; profound sleep
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
yes it is!; it surely is; certainly
to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring