busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
several minutes; a few minutes
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
war; fighting; fierce competition
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
world peace; peace of the world
strongly; violently; quickly; suddenly
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
to avoid misfortune; to escape danger
high; noble; refined; advanced
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
to rise (suddenly) in the world (to a higher position)
encouragement; spurring (on); cheering (on)
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to fight; to compete; to contest; to argue; to dispute heatedly
fight; scuffle; walking about; walking around; conducting oneself; stroll (in noh, an action piece involving circling the stage)
urgent business; pressing need; imperative
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
stature; height; size; physique
needless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
divergence; ramification; bifurcation; branching off