careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
to be conspicuous; to stand out
to be within others' sight; to be visible; to be conspicuous; to attract public attention; to come under observation
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
rather; sooner; preferably
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap; re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable)
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
too much; excessively; too
sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of