gentle; mild; meek; tender
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly
gambling den; gambling house
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
arms; armament; taking up arms; arming oneself
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
battlefield; battleground
to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence
to spread (of a rumour, news, etc.); to travel; to be handed down (from generation to generation); to be passed down; to be introduced (to a country, region, etc.); to be brought; to be conveyed (of a feeling, impression, etc.)
to mind; to care; to worry
to sleep all day; to idle away one's time; to loaf all day
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to nod off (while sitting); to doze off; (lit.) to row a boat
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
to talk; to chat; to chatter
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
all; altogether; entirely; exactly alike (e.g. in appearance); spitting image of; identical
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
if I (we, etc.) could; if one were to ... then ... (an unpleasant thing would happen)
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
end; extremity; limit; result; outcome; upshot
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
to not understand; to not (quite) know; to be unsure; to be unable to tell
essence; true nature; substance; reality
(doing) together; one lump; one mixture; the same; identical; (at) the same time
to get goosebumps; to have one's hair stand on end; to shudder
unmistakable; evident; obvious; certain; beyond doubt
provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase
as expected; just as one thought; as feared; sure enough
hostility; antagonism; opposition
change to ...; becoming ...; making into ...; -ization; -ification
proof; evidence; sign; witnessing; testifying; testimony
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at); to be intimidated; to feel daunted
to stare back at; to look back at
suspicious-looking; fishy
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way