air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
deadly serious; deadly earnest
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
ordinary citizen; the general public
horseplay; fooling around
to talk; to chat; to chatter
story; tale; talk; discussion
ongoing; in progress; afoot
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
no, not like that (but like this)
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
ignition; lighting; firing; setting off
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
in (e.g. secret); with (e.g. success)
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
new; fresh; new item (e.g. customer, regulation); newly created object; new customer
to miss (capturing); to fail to catch; to let slip
regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
guerrilla; guerrilla warfare; sudden
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw