to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
to open some distance (e.g. with other people)
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
victory; triumph; win; conquest; success
thought; consideration; thinking
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
wicked person; evil person; bad child; naughty child; bad thing; mischief
to fight against; to oppose; to face
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
on closer reflection; on second thought; come to think of it; actually
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
the Four Heavenly Kings (Dhrtarastra, Virudhaka, Virupaksa, and Vaisravana); the big four (i.e. four leaders in a given field)
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
in the same way; like; likewise; similarly
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
trick; plot device; mystery-fiction trope
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
difference; variation; difference
throwing stone; sling stone; slingshot; pellet; pebble; small rock
to break (into pieces); to smash; to shatter (someone's hopes, confidence, etc.); to crush; to simplify; to make easy to understand
vacuum; absolute void; complete vacuity
counter for waves (of a repeated occurrence)
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness
change to ...; becoming ...; making into ...; -ization; -ification
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
nonexistent; unreal; imaginary; spurious
to make merry; to be festive