like this; this sort; this way
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around
predation; eating prey; preying upon
frequent customer; good customer; client
major incident; major happening; big scandal
hospitalization; hospitalisation
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
to press a question; to cross-examine
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless
thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill
paying loan installments whenever one happens to have money (instalments)
evening; night; nighttime
lucky; nice!; score!; bingo!
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
(one's) initials; first letter (of a name, sentence, etc.); initial; first
caller; visitor; company; guest
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); gaijin; (arch.) outsider
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)
oblong; vertical writing style (e.g. on envelopes); portrait orientation
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
Arabian Nights; One Thousand and One Nights
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
source of information; intelligence source; message source
details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
wise person; virtuous person; sage; unrefined sake
Mary (mother of Jesus); the Virgin Mary; Mary (of Magdala); Mary Magdalene
abruptly (rising); slowly (rising)
to stop communicating; to never be heard from again; to lose contact
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
acquaintance; friend; (arch.) lover
what the hell; oh, great!; son of a gun; holy mackerel; oh no!; holy cow!
lapse of memory; (something) slipping one's mind; forgetting for a moment something one knows well