big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke
cancellation; withdrawal; abolition; revocation; cancel; CAN
with a bang (of a gun); with a boom (of artillery); with a thud; with a thump
shh!; shush!; hush!; shoo!; scram!
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying
ignition; detonation; triggering; explosion
general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate
to play around (of a cat, dog, etc.); to frisk; to gambol; to frolic
to torment; to harass; to tease; to extort; to shake down; to demand money
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
inborn; innate; inherent; a priori
kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
self-sufficiency; self-containment; autonomy; self-absorption
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
nature (of a person); disposition; temperament; quality; inherent characteristic; property
to be packed (with); to be filled; to be blocked (of a pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to be become shorter; to shrink; to be at a loss (for)
to bury the hatchet; to make up; to be reconciled; to be reunited (e.g. couple); to be reinstated
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
apathy; indifference; listlessness; athymia
extra-sensory perception; ESP; psi; psychokinesis; PK
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; perversion (esp. sexual)
ninja art of water-escape
blinding someone's eyes (to make an escape); smoke screen; distraction; magic (trick); sleight of hand
to lose sight of; to miss