unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
Aomori (city, prefecture)
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
investigation (esp. in academic and scientific contexts)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
public relations; PR; publicity; publicizing
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
article; news story; report; account
one-man (show, team, etc.); tyrant; dictatorial person; conductorless bus (i.e. having only a driver); conductorless train
company president; manager; director
to thrust before; to thrust at
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to spread; to be propagated
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
settlement out of court; private settlement
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
weekly publication; weekly magazine
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom