presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
apprehensive; vaguely fearful; gloomy (about the future); somewhat alarmed
to be caused by; to result from; to arise from; cause; origin
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
return (home); repatriation; feedback (in an electronic circuit, biological system, etc.)
to be enigmatic; to be puzzling; to be wrapped in mystery
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; one kick
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.; maxim
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
spell; charm; incantation; magic words
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to write down; to note down; to mention; to describe; to inscribe; to mark
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image
to have meaning; to be meaningful
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
to insult; to say something insulting about; to bad-mouth
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
forbidding mentioning (something to others); imposing silence (on); ordering (someone) to keep quiet; hush money
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
to take (preventive) measures; to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
and yet; though; when; in spite of
as usual; as always; as ever; as before; still
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
financial power; financial means; wealth
intelligence network; information network
information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate