but; however; provided that
approval; acceptance; recognition; private seal; signet
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
observation; survey; watching
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
to bother; to meddle; to poke one's nose (into another's business); to be too helpful
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
longed-for; anxiously awaited
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history
somehow; for some reason or other
early on; earlier on; from early
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
already completed (arrived, happened, etc.)
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
to use as an intermediary; to worry; to mind; to care
rendezvous; tryst; (lover's) meeting; (secret) date
only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be
to be(come) intertwined; to be entangled
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
self-consciousness; self-awareness
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)