placing in a list (top ten, popularity, sales, etc.)
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
going and returning (e.g. work, school); both ways
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care
doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own
triumphant; exultant; in high and proud spirits
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
to stop walking; to pause
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)
smallish; on the small side
higher rank; better position
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
naturally; of course; understandably
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
gazing at (in wonderment)
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
paper scoop used in goldfish scooping
very popular; highly favoured
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
though; notwithstanding; although
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
to lose composure; to be upset; to be flurried; to lose one's head (through shock)
courteous; decorous; polite
to have a narrow escape from death