reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
confections; sweets; candy; cake
persistence; fortitude; indomitability
leaving open; leaving ajar; outspoken; frank
secrecy; highly classified information
retention; maintenance; preservation
point where one has to accept one's fate; point where one has to give up; state of resignation; resigned state
hands behind one's back; hands tied behind one's back; behind (e.g. someone); rear; appearance from behind
corner; nook; recess; downstage right (on a noh stage)
report (of an investigation); investigation (investigative) report
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
(out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
planning; devising (a plan); drafting; drawing up
to say all kinds of things; to complain; to find fault (with)
how; in what way; how about; questionable
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
first come, first served; the early bird catches the worm
to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through
to be entwined; to be involved
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
another; different; something else
to be taken aback; to be dumbfounded
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
to suffer a disappointment; to feel let down; to have one's attack (question, etc.) sidestepped; to be given the slip
dialogue; discussion; conversation; interaction
spatula; (artificially cultured) Japanese crucian carp
to bend; to wind; to twist; to zig-zag
orthopedics; plastic surgery; cosmetic surgery; smoothing (bursty traffic, etc.); shaping; fairing
being afraid of; being fearful; being timid; trembling; shivering
reduced scale; scaling down
one Nth part (e.g. one fifth, one tenth); one out of N
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
terrain; geographical features; topography