suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
death rate; mortality rate
to sieve; to sift; to winnow; to screen (candidates)
selection; classification; sorting; screening; triage
special selection; finest pick; top pick
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
array; muster; line-up; full force
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
to see the light of day; to be revealed (to the world); to be realized
to assemble; to set up; to construct
solution; solution strategy
to take measures; to work out a plan; to lecture; to read aloud; to confer
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
any event can bring about an effect in an unexpected way; (lit.) if the wind blows the bucket makers prosper
society; public; community; social studies
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
hmmm; uh-huh; murmur indicating approval, comprehension, etc.
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
extinction; annihilation; destruction
moving (dwelling, office, etc.); changing residence
to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice
aggression; invasion; raid
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
defense; defence; protection
to grapple with (each other); to tussle with; to wrestle with; to scuffle with
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument