family; members of a family
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
few decades; many decades; several decades
being startled, surprised or afraid; panic; trepidation
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
rampancy; prevalence; domination
process; course; mechanism
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to lament; to grieve; to feel sorrow for
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
everything turning out fine; the whole thing being settled
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
pair; the two; both persons; both things
the ways of the world; human nature
plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
to bear responsibility for; to be liable for; to answer for; to take the blame for
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
don't you think?; indicates question
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
guess; speculation; supposition
reason; cause; circumstances
delusion; illusion; infatuation; bewilderment; perplexity
change; transformation; inversion
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just