bright person; talented student; prodigy
murder; killing; murderer
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; exceeding; passing
people (of a country); nation; citizen; Democratic Party for the People
president (of a country); big man; boss; buddy
the United States and the Soviet Union; American-Soviet
regularization; regularisation; getting up speed; proceeding at full tilt
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
for this very reason; that is exactly why
direction (of a play, film, etc.); production; organization (of an event); arrangement; staging (for effect)
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
whatever way; any way; either way; one way or the other
trick; plot device; mystery-fiction trope
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
paranormality; anomalous phenomenon
well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case
inferior goods; faulty item
pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad
to rage; to be fierce; to be excited
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
to enjoy; to take pleasure in; to have a good time; to look forward to
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); because ...; for good reason; there is a (good) reason that ...
size; dimension; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months
insular; closed; unsociable; exclusive
wildly enthusiastic; crazy (about something)
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
simmer; bubble out; flow out
to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil
to carry on one's back; to bear; to take (responsibility); to assume; to suffer (an injury); to sustain (a wound)