mountain climbing; mountaineering
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
rest area; rest stop; service area (next to a highway); service station; parking area
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch
show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture
to look down on; to make light of
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
sign (e.g. roadside, in park, etc.)
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
bad luck; bad fortune; evil; wickedness
God only knows what may happen
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
snake; serpent; large snake
selection; choice; option
place; room; margin; scope
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
idiom; set phrase; idiomatic phrase
speculation; thinking; meditation
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to deduct; to take away; to make allowances for something; to bear something in mind; to ebb and flow
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure