cooperativeness; spirit of cooperation
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
end (e.g. of a line); tail end; rear; backmost part
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
direct unforked road; straight path
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
to part left and right; to open out
branch road; forked road; branch; crossroads (of a course of events); turning point; parting of the ways
to look old; to become musty; to wear out
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
(one's) current position; current location; present position
to become dim; to become blurred
branch road; branch path; fork road
present location; current location; "you are here" (on map)
divergence; ramification; bifurcation; branching off
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
spiderweb; spider web; spider's web; cobweb
dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley; end; end of the road; end point
labyrinth; maze; mystery; dungeon
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across