iron plate; steel plane; sure thing; certain winner
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
passion; passions; (sexual) desire; craving
just kidding; not!; ersatz; imitation; phony
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
severely beaten up; repeatedly punched and kicked; thoroughly defeated; attacked relentlessly (with words); fiercely criticised; bombarded with verbal abuse
to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
hack; untrained; incompetent; useless; quack (doctor)
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
door; gate; opening; title page
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
first shrine visit of New Year
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
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to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
happening; (unexpected) incident; unforeseen event; surprising occurrence
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
New Year's holiday; period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the New Year
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
suspicious character (person, figure)
surroundings; environs; circumference
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one