for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
to be silent; to say nothing
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell