check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
young man; young woman; young people; young employee; young manservant; young follower
rendezvous; tryst; (lover's) meeting; (secret) date
hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
colouring; coloring; sex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; interest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; charm
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
one's mind; one's heart; one's intention
to shoot dead; to bring down (an animal); to win (a prize, someone's heart, etc.); to make one's own
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
conversely; on the contrary
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
turning around; spinning around; curling up; round and charming (e.g. eyes)
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
glossy (e.g. hair); sleek; shiny; lustrous
to give an impression; to make an impression
fear; dread; fright; willies
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
secrecy; highly classified information
leak (of secrets, information, etc.); disclosure; divulging; leak (of gas, liquid, etc.); leakage; escape (of gas)
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
to address (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan"; to refer to (someone) without a title suffix
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to manage something successfully; to be successful
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
decision; determination; resolution
suicide attack; kamikaze attack
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
use of seductive techniques to attain one's ends (usu. of women)
to summon courage; to be brave
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
to row (a boat) to (a pier, shore, etc.); to reach (a goal after considerable effort); to arrive at; to (finally) manage to do
to become one tile away from completion; to be at one's wits' end; to be about to blow one's fuse