I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
feeling startled; getting a shock; prank; practical joke
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull
crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something
to squash; to crush; to flatten
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
crushing; breaking by applying pressure
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to go out of fashion
love hotel; short-stay hotel used primarily for sexual activities
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
front (aspect, weather, war-front, etc.); reception (e.g. in a hotel); front desk; front office; team management
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
covered with; stained; smeared
passage (of people, traffic); passing; common usage
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
switching on and off (of a light); flashing; blinking; flickering
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
weeping; sobbing; softly (crying); with a prolonged dull pain; having a griping pain
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
final; eventual; ultimate
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
to break; to tear; to pierce; to split; to burst
very loud volume; megavolume
to stop (plug) one's ears