to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
peers; friends; fellow workers; comrades
conversely; on the contrary
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
ago; since; before; previous
weathering; fading (of memories); efflorescence
deterioration; degradation; drop in quality; becoming unattractive (because of aging)
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
but; however; even though; even if
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
everywhere; all over; throughout
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
to dig out; to hollow out; to cut into
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
another; different; something else
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw