matter of time; question of time
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
to stand still (for a while); to remain in one place; to stand alone (of a building, statue, tree, etc.); to stand quietly; to wander about; to loiter
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
backdoor; rear entrance; rear exit; unauthorized; illicit; illegal
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
to strike; to hit; to attack; to bash; to sound out (someone's views); to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces
to stiffen; to become stiff; to harden
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
peephole; spyhole; inspection hole; observation window
lying down and getting up; waking; getting up; living (with); staying (with)
number one; first; best; most; game; round
every person; each one; everybody
I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
nod; inclination of the head
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
condition; state (of health); appearance
stability; steadiness; consistency; stable
still; even now; to this day
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
2nd day of the month; two days
accession to the throne; enthronement
proclamation; dissemination; promulgation
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
influence; power; might; influence (of stones)
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
headquarters; head office; main office