to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
real intention; true motive; true meaning
forcing (e.g. a vote); carrying out (forcibly); pushing ahead (with); enforcement
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
firm; strong; unbending; unyielding; uncompromising; stubborn
means; way; method; measure
bold move (in sumo, judo, etc.); daring move; powerful technique
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
to face; to go towards; to head towards
deeply in love with; madly in love with; heads over heels in love with; to be crazy about
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
one's body; one's person; oneself; one's appearance; one's place (in society, etc.); one's position
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
puzzled; perplexed; quizzical; dubious; suspicious
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
thinking nothing of ...; undaunted by ...; in defiance of ...; in spite of ...; in the face of ...; ignoring ...
radiant smile; contented smile
man; male; masculine gender
long time; long interval; for quite some time