novel; story; (work of) fiction
that is to say; so that means
accurate; correct; precise; exact
foresight; foreknowledge; divination
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
honorific/polite/humble prefix
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
crash (esp. of a vehicle); crash; kurash (Central Asian form of wrestling)
is that so?; I see; right; oh
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
face; visage; look; (facial) expression; honor (honour); face; influence
you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
instant; moment; for an instant
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)
to feel; to sense; to be moved (by); to be touched (by); to become infected with (an illness); to catch
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to see; to look; to watch; to try to ...
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
... years old; age (of) ...
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
5th day of the month; five days
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
victim; injured party; sufferer
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself