bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
is something that; is that which
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
mask; disguise; guise; mask
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
strict order; peremptory command
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
clumsiness; awkwardness; ineptitude
hard struggle; strenuous effort
troops; group members; team members
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
forced to use; forced into a position
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
price; cost; value; worth; value
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
to dye; to colour; to color
to shake and untangle; to shake free from
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
unperturbed; undaunted; retaining composure; unyielding; not giving an inch
regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected
to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted
same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence
to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust
to make sacrifices for; to pay dearly for
grumbling; muttering; nonsense
Stunner (professional wrestling)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
connection; attachment; changing trains; conjunction