to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
reluctantly; grudgingly; unwillingly
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
privacy; secrecy; confidentiality
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
(theatrical) fighting scene
eagerly; earnestly; ardently
trouble; bother; annoyance
to be enthusiastic about; to be eager; to be keen
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
to play a leading role; to play a central part
the five elements (in Japanese philosophy: earth, water, fire, wind and void); five great wisdom kings
town; city; municipal; urban
restoration of public order
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
chief; main; principal; important
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
real thing; original; actual
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
it's no joke; gimme a break!
running parallel (to); running side-by-side; keeping pace (with)
to fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form); to post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board); to store; to write (data); to flash
shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
secret; private; surreptitious
practice; practising; experience
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into