script reading; scenario reading; avid reader; bookworm; reading a book; reading books
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
consequence; outcome; result; blame
to be caught in a dilemma; to get into a scrape
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to break into song; to burst into song; to begin singing
distribution (of information, etc.); broadcast; delivery; transmission; streaming
police officer; policeman; constable
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
people; men and women; each person; everybody
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)