sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
squared timber; rectangular lumber
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
(theatrical) blackout; taking a (sudden) turn for the worse; rapid deterioration
breaking off; snapping off; suddenly stopping
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
hollow; mid-air; air; sky
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.); to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.); to show signs of
machine parts; machinery; equipment
breakdown; failure; damage; hurt; objection; protest
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
such; like that; that sort of; very
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
to mediate; to intervene; to smooth
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
incompletion; incomplete; unfinished
whispering; murmuring; subdued
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
unskillful; childish; immature; naive; artless; clumsy
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
place; room; margin; scope
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
even though; despite; when
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till