shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
calm; composed; cool; quiet
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
discord; dissonance; cacophony; discord (in a relationship); disagreement; disharmony
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
a few years ago; some years back
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
human relations; personal relationships
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
normalization; normalisation
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
essence; true nature; substance; reality
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
intermission (between acts); interlude
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
unbecoming; improper; unsuitable; ill-matched; unworthy of
melodic incoming call tones (esp. mobile telephones); ringtone; ring tone
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
to shout (in anger); to yell
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article
thick voice; husky voice; guttural voice; voice with a thick accent
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
to continue to do; to persist in doing
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with