if you think about it; come to think of it
royalty and titled nobility
laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
delay; lag; postponement; falling behind
reality; actuality; hard fact
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
(not) a soul; (not) a single person
important position; strategic point; important point; main point; essentials
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site
clearing out people (from room, etc.); ordering people to leave
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
limits; boundary; domain; area (e.g. in programming languages)
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
flame; blaze; fire; attack; aggression
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
the beginning (as in "this is only the beginning"); lowest division in sumo
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
state of mind; mental state; mental attitude
under one's eyes; below one's eyes
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes