ramification; branching off
progress; being under way
observation; survey; watching
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
intricate; elaborate; complicated; complex
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
invitation; introduction; temptation
lifeline; safety rope; safety tether
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
to throw at; to turn; to raise
quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on
to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
tiny amount (degree, extent); paltry amount; slightest bit
one's nature; characteristic; inherent; natural
head; brains; intellect; understanding
ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited
error of judgment; miscalculation
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
to pick out item(s) from a group to keep
between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative in noh music; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to have a meal; to take a meal
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
disturbance; agitation; commotion; upheaval; riot
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
to smoke (a cigarette); to behave as ...; to accelerate; to rev up
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
armband; arm band; brassard