until now; so far; up to the present
bolt from the blue; great surprise
mental derangement; madness; insanity
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
powerful person; influential person
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
upstart; parvenu; jumped-up person
how many people; a number of people
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
participation; joining; entry; adherence
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
succession to headship of a family
dwarf (esp. in folklore or fantasy literature)
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
pupil; student; schoolchild
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
main constituent; core; nucleus; subject (philosophical); protagonist
rule; reign; government; governing
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
sub-; -ous (indicating a low oxidation state); -ite; Asia; Argentina; Arabia; America
race (of people); type of person
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
(social) class; rank; grade