return; reaction; recovery; return (from a procedure)
4th day of the month; four days
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (of letters)
sharp (words); harsh (manner, tone, etc.); hostile (mood, attitude, etc.); spiky; prickly; jagged
adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone
passing each other (without meeting); entering somewhere just after someone had left; coming in just as someone had gone out; inserting in the wrong order
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
to fly away; to flee away; to scatter
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
massing (of troops); gathering
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
with a clap-clap (e.g. of wooden clappers); (touching) lightly and repeatedly; (something small hopping) repeatedly; punctuation marks such as the dakuten
to read (someone's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking
to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise
to be born; to come into the world
main building (of a villa, palace, etc.)
impudent; shameless; brazen; forward; audacious; cheeky
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
foundation; root; basis; root and trunk
to one's delight; to one's joy
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess
occurrence; happening; incident; event
postponement; deferment; hesitation; delaying; suspended sentence
not exceeding ...; not more than ...; below (a standard, level, etc.); under; the following; the below-mentioned
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
preparation; provision; defenses; guard; military formation; troop arrangement
stocking up (in case of emergency); stockpile; reserves; storing; laying in (supplies)
giving two or three light tugs (or pushes); (arch.) worrying about; (arch.) moping; (arch.) suddenly angry; (arch.) feeling a surge of anger
headache inducing; vexing
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity
chaos; turmoil; pandemonium; havoc