immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
question; inquiry; enquiry
to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
professor; teaching; instruction
failure; mistake; blunder
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
myself; yourself; I; me; you
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
interior; inside; internal
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
name; given name; first name
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
suitcase; trunk; trunk (of a car); boot; (trunk) line
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
danger; peril; hazard; risk
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
study; research; investigation
large building; building with a long roof; counter for buildings, apartments, etc.
waves that remain after the wind has subsided; after-effect; aftermath
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that