curtain; act (in a play); falling of the curtain; end (of a scene); end; close; case
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
to lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
quick pace; quick steps; quick march; trot (horse gait)
long ago; a long time ago; already
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
old couple; elderly couple
escape; getting away (from); getting out (of); prolapse; proptosis
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
elderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting
male; manly; brave; larger (of the two); greater; (arch.) man
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop
to be hot on a person's heels
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
to face; to go towards; to head towards
just before; just prior to; right in front of; just in front of
wife; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); trimmings; accompaniment; side (remark)
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
I feel that ...; I feel as though ...; I have a feeling that ...; I have the impression that ...; I think that ...
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute
swallowing without chewing; swallowing (e.g. a story); accepting without questioning
a little; a bit; a small amount; a little while; a short time; a moment