planning; devising (a plan); drafting; drawing up
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
to apply correspondingly; to correspond to; to be proportionate to; to conform to
total energy; all efforts
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
best; extra-fine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; jumping and slashing (e.g. at an enemy)
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
good bargain; (a) find; godsend; (a) steal
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
to escape; to make one's getaway; to manage to get away
half the body; half length
practice (as opposed to theory); actual practice; actual site; (at) the scene; (on) the spot
bare rock; rock surface; rock face
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
ruins of a fire; fire-devastated area
to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across
to run about trying to escape
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
hard lump under the skin (e.g. adipous tumor, lymph node tumor, etc.); grinding against; pressing or rubbing with turning movements (e.g. someone's shoulders with one's elbow); rolling one's eyes; goggling one's eyes; rattling sound
avarice; greed; covetousness; raga (desire)
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
evil spirit; demon; devil
inborn nature; genuine; intrinsic; essential
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to tease; to make fun of; to ridicule; to mock; to play with (e.g. a toy); to fiddle with
central part; heart (of a city)