strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
escort (e.g. under guard); convoy
expressly; especially; specially; intentionally; deliberately; on purpose
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive
reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
disturbance; confusion; perturbation; commotion; turbulence
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
operation (of a machine); running; driving (a vehicle); use (of capital, funds, etc.); management
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
another place; some other place; another (person or thing); other; beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
to knock (someone) off their feet; to knock down; to send flying; to strike; to drive away (one's sorrows, worries, etc.); to dispel
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
diversion; distraction; feint
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
inner part; interior; living quarters (at the back of a house); inner room; recesses (of one's mind); bottom (of one's heart)
ace up one's sleeve; trump card; secret skills; secret; (arch.) left hand
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
raft; forearm guard (made of thin metal plates); skewered baby-eel kabayaki
to board (a train, plane, etc.); to get into (a car); to get on (a bus); to march into; to enter; to arrive (at, in)
to cut off (from); to separate; to detach; to sever; to uncouple
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)