notice; notification; permission; consent; rejection; refusal
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
ex post facto report; report after the event
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
party; gang; company; squad
Japanese citizen; (the) Japanese
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse
confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent
forcibly; by force; against one's will
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
contradiction; inconsistency
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
to accept; to receive; to agree
to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room)
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
to give one's life (e.g. in battle); to devote one's life (e.g. to a cause)
determination; resolution
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
personal history; background; career
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
clerk; (bureau, post-office) staff
enmity; antagonism; hostility; feuding (with); being at odds (with)
territory; domain; field; area; domain; region
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing