blank space (in documents); vacuum; blank; void
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
desperation; struggle to the death
to scurry home; to run home; to fly back
to shout (in anger); to yell
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
moaning; muttering; complaining
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
if times were better; if one had been born at an earlier, more opportune time; if times had not changed; if I had my due
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
absurd; nonsensical; preposterous
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
finishing blow; coup de grâce
to have a talk; to tell a story
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
authenticity; credibility
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
insisting (unreasonably); obstinate insistence
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
to become conscious; to recover one's senses; to snap out of it
notification; pre-1886 administrative order
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza