search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
under the control (of); under the dominion (of)
dangerous person; security risk; loose cannon
benefit; use; good; profit; gains
injury; harm; evil influence; damage
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
being beyond recovery; having no hope of recovery
symbol (of something abstract); emblem; (symbolic) representation
condition; state (of health); appearance
news (from someone); word; letter; tidings; contact
what kind of; what sort of; what; how; in what way
state of reduced activity; lull; state of abeyance; stable condition
Sun; Saint; St; San (people); son
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
demonstration; protest; (giving a) demo; demonstration; presentation
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
of late; lately; this part; this point; here
to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about
doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique
deterrence; ability to deter (an attack, etc.)
victim (esp. someone killed); casualty
to need; to call for; to require
unreliable; uncertain; indefinite; unclear
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
that; the matter in question
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of a visitor's arrival); informing (someone) of a visitor's arrival
zabuton; flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular
centre of gravity (center); centroid; barycenter; (one's) balance
to walk in on; to tread upon
unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
(surprise) attack; assault; raid; charge