surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
everyone; everybody; ladies and gentlemen
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
impossible proposition; unreasonable proposal; tall order
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
artificial object; man-made object; artifact; artefact
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
foreign country; another country; another province; strange land; alien land
(religious) piety; faith; devotion
glass sphere; glass bead; glass marble
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
gift; boon; godsend; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
to follow (someone) around; to cling (to); to dog; to hound; to harry; to pursue
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
mostly involve; principally involve
sacred scripture; sacred book; holy book; writings of a sage
to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes
deployment; spreading out; dispersal
conduct; behavior; behaviour
second team; reserve team; farm team; second-string players
in one's hands; in one's control
covert action; covert operations
outdoors; outside; open air; fields; outskirts; suburbs
four times; four-colour process printing; CMYK printing
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
one's field of expertise; one's strong area
datum point; cardinal point; reference point; origin
exceptional; unusual; extraordinary; unprecedented; singular