expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
to stop walking; to pause
temple; sacred place; shrine; sanctuary; tabernacle
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
gem; jewel; precious stone
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
to be surprised; to be astonished
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; whether or not
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material); Ruby (programming language)
form; shape; figure; visage
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
like this; this sort; this way
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
to abandon; to give up on; to desert
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
to come to mind; to pop into one's head