too-good-to-be-true offers (e.g. scams and frauds); too-good-to-be-true stories
without cause; without reason
dozens; scores of; decades
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
again; once more; a second time
to complain; to make a complaint
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
rather; better; instead; if anything
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
back street; back alley; off-street
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
to come around to do; to become inclined to do; to get excited about; to take an interest
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
though one didn't intend (expect) to
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
tall and thin; long and thin; lanky; spindly; gangly
to gain weight; to put on weight
tall figure; high stature
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
to take into account; to bear in mind; to consider; to learn from; to take warning from
two persons; two people; pair; couple
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who