change (for a purchase); toilet splashback
to become pale; to turn pale
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with
initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor
shelter; cover; screen; shield; obstruction; defilade
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
foreign; abroad; overseas
indiscriminate shooting; random shooting; firing blindly
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
to ask again; to repeat one's question; to ask back; to ask in return; to counter
clerk; office worker; kulak
very young; little; childish; immature
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
family; members of a family
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
interference; meddling; butting in
caged bird; person whose freedom has been restricted (esp. a prostitute, mistress, concubine, etc.)
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
being put to shame; being outshone; being eclipsed; feeling embarrassed
fight; scuffle; walking about; walking around; conducting oneself; stroll (in noh, an action piece involving circling the stage)
to be hot on a person's heels
straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
to surpass; to outdo; to excel; to tower above (the surrounding landscape)
shortage of talented people; shortfall in human resources
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
trauma (usu. psychological)