astounding; tremendous; crazy; exorbitant
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
rather; better; instead; if anything
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
near; close; beside; third person
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
turning point; transition phase
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
dark clouds gather; threatening signs emerge; trouble is afoot
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
adds force or indicates command
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
way of speaking; intimation
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
after that; afterwards; thereafter
all-night vigil over a body; wake
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
that day; the very same day
breakup (of a ceremony, wedding, party, meeting, etc.); closure
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
third day of the month; three days
how long; how much; to what extent
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
to be too busy; to be occupied; to concentrate on single-mindedly