excited; enthusiastic; high-tensile (e.g. steel); high-voltage (e.g. circuit); high-tension (e.g. current)
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
technique; art; skill; move
serious look (on one's face); straight face
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); shouting repeatedly; pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
stealth; travelling incognito (traveling); ninjutsu; ninja; sneak theft; sneak thief; tolerance
route (bus, train, air, etc.); line; line (taken by a group, organization, etc.); policy; course
colored thing (clothing, fabric, paper, etc.) (coloured); variety shows
which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...
one line; one stretch (e.g. of road); earnest; resolute; (arch.) one bloodline; (arch.) one clan
to serve; to work for; to attend
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
both people; two people; two directions; both directions
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
to know; to understand; to (understand and) accept (a responsibility); to have a knowledge of (a skill, art, etc.); to have a command of
together (of two people); both (of you, them, etc.)
slightly difficult; somewhat bothersome; troublesome; peevish; querulous
unable to read the situation; unable to pick up on the mood (e.g. of a conversation); unable to read the room
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
individual; distinctive; unique; characteristic; personal; idiosyncratic
a touch (of sadness, unease, etc.); a tinge (of); a hint (of); a smear (of paint, ink, etc.); one stroke (of a brush)
to get along (with someone); to be like-minded; to be congenial
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?")
daily; everyday; days (e.g. of one's youth); every day; day after day
each place; every place; various places; all parts (of the country, world, etc.)
moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about
surely; certainly; without doubt
secret intelligence; underground information; confidential information; inside information
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
society; the world; the times