conscription; (military) draft; (compulsory) enlistment
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
back; backing; going backwards; background; backdrop; backhand; backer
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
discerning (quick) eye; keen insight
intelligence gathering; information gathering
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
judgement; judgment; expert opinion; appraisal
(the) whole; as a whole; in general; at large
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
highest peak; highest mountain; greatest authority; most prominent person; pinnacle (e.g. of art)
one's son; you little bastard; you little brat
to become clear; to be made public
depending on the way ...; depending on how ...; according to how ...
to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
abuse; misuse; perversion
having one's own way; giving free rein to one's desires; acting as one pleases
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
killing and wounding; bloodshed
capsicum (Capsicum annuum, esp. the cultivated chili peppers); chili pepper (chile, chilli); cayenne; shichimi pepper
to paint over heavily; to plaster up
guard; protector; defensive armament; personal armor (armour)
the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it
what sort of; what kind of; what way
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
the same generation; coeval
ignoring (somebody); ostracizing; leaving (someone) out