foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
relationship; connection; involvement; entanglement; implication (e.g. in a crime)
obligation; favour; favor; debt of gratitude
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
to go ahead; to proceed; to carry on
to be within others' sight; to be visible; to be conspicuous; to attract public attention; to come under observation
to not give in; to be obstinate; to be stubborn; to be perverse
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
to give thought to; to bear in mind; to keep in mind
magic (illusion); conjuring; magic trick; conjuring trick; sleight of hand
phantom; vision; something fleeting; short-lived dream; fabled item; mythical thing
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
to be prominent; to be conspicuous; to stand out; to be outstanding; to be remarkable; to be striking
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...
reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution
(being) most satisfactory; (being) quite satisfied; (being) quite enough
(place) right in the center; dead center; dead centre; exact middle; heart
fear; horror; risk; danger; awe; reverence
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to sprinkle water on (something); to spray water on; to splash water on; to hinder; to hamper; to stifle
guess; speculation; supposition
either way; in any case; one way or another
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
cutlet (usu. crumbed and fried); katsu
to deep-fry; to make deep-fried food; to launch (fireworks, etc.); to hoist (e.g. a flag); to summon (for geishas, etc.); to call in
feature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report
long life; longevity; long-lived; long-running (e.g. TV program)
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
unenlightened; uneducated; ignorant
false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym
(full) name; family name and given name
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
to be smeared; to be covered
to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)