fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
analysis; analytical study; parsing; parse
operation; functioning; running
piling up; accumulating; forming a (huge) pile; lying in piles
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
optimism; taking an optimistic view
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
fast-talking; rapid talking
proposal; proposition; suggestion
clever; bright; sharp; wise; intelligent; sagacious
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
excavation; exhumation; discovery (e.g. new talent)
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
to differ; to vary; to disagree
to be troubled; to be worried; to be bothered; (arch.) to become exhausted
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
impossible to do (although wants to)
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
warm welcome; friendly reception; hospitality; entertainment
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
stopping (of a train, car, etc.); stop
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
lonesome; lonely; forlorn
back street; back alley; slums
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
shoulder (of a road); berm
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down