eagerness; enthusiasm; fervor; excitement; fighting spirit; fighting mood
backdoor; rear entrance; rear exit; unauthorized; illicit; illegal
to take (a person) unawares; to make a surprise attack
speech; expression; wording; language
interrogation room; interview room; sweatbox
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
to cave in; to become depressed; to sink
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
to mix in (e.g. an ingredient)
suspicious-looking; fishy
mystery; something inexplicable; unfathomable (of a Buddha's abilities); 10^64 (or 10^80)
enumeration; citation; listing
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
to play with; to joke; to use (esp. trick, sophistry, etc.); to deride; to scoff at; to make fun of
uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)
improvement of relations; rapprochement
suspicious object (e.g. potential bomb); suspicious substance
to be furious; to seethe with anger; to have one's blood boiling
explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence
to come to nothing; to be spoiled; to be spoilt
expansion and contraction; elasticity; flexibility
(police officer's) baton; truncheon; billy club
protecting (someone); defending; standing up for
wildcat (European wildcat, Iriomote cat, Tsushima cat, etc.); wild cat; stray cat
to exceed; to be even more (so); to exaggerate
metallic sound; metallic clank
to grow angry; to display one's anger
change; alteration; modification
very; greatly; extremely; exceedingly; highly; quite
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
grinding of the teeth; involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation; gnashing one's teeth; gritting one's teeth
valuable; worthwhile; worthy; worth doing
to happen to hear; to overhear
to be suspected (of); to be under suspicion (of)
at this stage; at this point; (only) now
at first; in the beginning; originally
when it comes to ...; as for ...
to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot
baton (of command); order; command; direction