diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
layman; believer; adherent; follower; laity
in the future; another day; later
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
underwater; behind closed doors; behind the scenes; below the surface
oath; pledge; pact; covenant; alliance
disorderly crowd; mob; rabble
credibility; trustworthiness
to sell out; to sell widely; to sell on a large scale
to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty
cause (grounds) for concern (anxiety); reason for uneasiness
to be main; to be principal; to be important; to be conspicuous; to be prominent
(company) director; executive; top management; important post; role with heavy responsibilities
executive meeting; meeting of the board of directors
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
to grudge; to be stingy; to be unwilling to pay
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet
lodging together; training camp; boarding house
rough sketch; floor plan; blueprint
infantry; infantryman; foot soldier
main force; chief object; mainline
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
smallish; on the small side
high efficiency; high performance
each (person); everyone; individual; respective
encouragement; spurring (on); cheering (on)
tissue paper; toilet paper
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
pachinko; mechanical gambling game superficially resembling pinball; slingshot; catapult; pistol
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
to pluck; to pick; to tear
open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire; open fire (e.g. in a kitchen)
the entire strength; all hands; all the members