initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor
any and every thing; altogether; lock, stock, and barrel; the whole shooting match; the whole kit and caboodle; without reserve
forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)
weak-willed; lacking a purpose; lacking will power to be patient, purposeful, or resolute
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt
all doors closed; blocked in every direction; cornered
game of make-believe; child's play; pretend play
(secret) date; clandestine meeting; assignation; tryst; rendezvous
(parasitic) host; landlord; innkeeper
to put together; to gather; to collect; to scrape together
phantasmagoric; protean; shape-shifting; kaleidoscopic; capable of ever-changing appearance
to maintain; to continue to have
to shut out one's opponents; to stop the other side from scoring
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
somehow; for some reason; in some way; vaguely
relieved; refreshed; frank; candid; easy-going
briskly; quickly; promptly
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so
uncomfortable; ill at ease; not feel at home
day after day; day by day
standing; reserve; always having ready
yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
to look downwards; to lower one's eyes
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
brave woman; heroine; lady of character; Amazon
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
prompt decision; snap judgement; snap judgment
what; what kind of; no ...; any; adds emphasis to the preceding word; no