wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
beginning; outset; first; onset
red eyes; bloodshot eyes; red-eye; red mullet (Chelon haematocheilus); facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
conviction; belief; confidence
to start a journey; to embark on a trip; to set forth; to hit the trail
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
to be crushed; to be squashed; to go bankrupt; to go under; to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.)
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
splendid; nice; sufficient; satisfactory; not needing (any more of something); (already) having enough
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
little by little; bit by bit
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
feeling; sense; impression
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); wall (of stones)
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
then; well; so; well then
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)