self-evident truth; obvious fact; truism; axiom
secret understanding; collusion; betrayal
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
to take (preventive) measures; to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
secret investigation; private enquiry; private inquiry; reconnaissance; scouting
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
fear; horror; risk; danger; awe; reverence
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
drawing; diagram; plans; blueprint
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; way out (of trouble); excuse
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
to write down; to note down; to mention; to describe; to inscribe; to mark
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
treasured picture; secret picture; obscene picture
chief vassal; senior statesman
copy; duplicate; facsimile; cc (on e-mails); carbon copy
rank; ranking order; hierarchy
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
naked eye; the physical eye
minute; fine; detailed; subtle
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
audible range; hearing range
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
intruder; invader; trespasser; raider
interior; inside; internal
enmity; antagonism; hostility; feuding (with); being at odds (with)
reconciliation (between warring nations); (making of) peace
continuance; survival; persistence; retention; duration
cannot be helped; unavoidable
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
one school; one sect; one denomination; one party; one faction; one group
another; one more; even more; (not) quite; (not) very
old-timer; veteran; senior; old stump; old roots
member of shogun's council of elders
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
to do (someone) a wrong; to do (someone) an ill turn; to take revenge; to resent; to bear a grudge
mole; whistle-blower; informant; adulterer; adulteress