chance; opportunity; occasion
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
steering (a boat); helmsman; steersman; guidance; leadership; leader
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
leadership; initiative; spearhead
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
viewing as a problem; problematizing
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to evade (question, subject); to ward off; to avert; to put aside
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
not becoming a problem; out of the question; not worth considering; insignificant; negligible
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
to have something on someone; to catch someone out; to trip someone up; to find someone's fault; to get evidence on someone; to get a lead on someone
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft; sophisticated
concealment; hiding; covering up; suppression
authorities; relevant authorities; authorities concerned; this office
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
professional; pro; program; production; proletarian; proletariat
offender; criminal; culprit
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
becoming clear; coming to light; being ascertained; being identified; being confirmed
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
intelligence operative; spy
to coil around; to twine around; to cling (to); to follow around; to hang around
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
mayfly; ephemerality (of life); (arch.) dragonfly
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses
baton (relay, orchestral conducting, etc.)
to pick up; to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to take issue with; to make a problem of; to report (news); to cover
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark