as always; as ever; though it's always the case
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
main body (of an army); main force; these troops
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
observation; survey; watching
either way; in any case; one way or another
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
right in the center (centre)
dizziness (from standing up too fast); orthostatic syncope; lightheadedness; vertigo
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
extreme foolishness; grave stupidity; big fool; damn idiot; utter fool
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
strongly; violently; quickly; suddenly
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
Tokaido (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
beautiful weather; clear and cloudless sky; clear Japanese weather
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
sorry; excuse me; thank you
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
unworthy; unbecoming; improper
lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
to step on; to trample down; to tread on
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply