serious; grave; dignified; solemn
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
review (of learned material); revision
very interesting; of great interest
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
considerably; greatly; a lot
since; henceforth; ever since
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
as soon as ...; just after ...; immediately after ...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
to learn; to study; to take lessons in
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
certificate; certified document; (the) thumbs up; seal of approval; paper with signature of the shogun or lord
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
fact; truth; reality; in fact; actually
(all) through (e.g. the night); throughout (e.g. the year); within (e.g. the week); in the course of (e.g. today); all over; throughout (e.g. the world)
to roar; to thunder; to become well known; to become famous; to pound (of one's heart); to throb
scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
at the same time; at once; just as ...; the moment ...; (but) at the same time; as well as
bedside; near one's pillow
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
to break (by kicking); to kick down (e.g. a door); to kick open; to smash through (e.g. the enemy); to rout
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
hey!; say!; I say!; I; me
to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful