to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
being startled; getting a shock
Japanese person; Japanese people
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
besides; in addition; also; moreover
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
beginning; outset; first; onset
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
emperor; shogun; honored person (honoured)
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
quality (of a product or a service)
self-consciousness; self-awareness
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
it's not like; it isn't as if
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
different thing; another question; different case
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...