greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
to say; to tell; to state; to do
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
being too late; losing one's final chance
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
to have a rumor circulating
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
loop; band; loop (programming); loop (railway line); time loop; temporal loop
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
to cast a shadow; to appear; to loom (of a threat, etc.); to manifest (of symptoms, etc.)
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
exorbitant; outrageous; ridiculous; absurd; excessive; inordinate
to thrust before; to thrust at
a few years ago; some years back
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
to spread rumors; to spread rumours
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
gender; distinction of sex; sex
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
moving tale; impressive tale
to change completely; to switch (to); to shift (to another mode)
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
change (personnel); transfer; reshuffle
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
difficult to ...; hard to ...
overhear; happened to hear that
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse