to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
to ask; to enquire; to query
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
surrounding at a distance
group (of people); crowd; horde; throng; mob; multitude
to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
to cover (with something)
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
curiosity-seeking; bizarre (crime, etc.); grotesque; abnormal
well done!; good job!; good work!; you did it!; bravo!
gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor
hard-to-forgive; intolerable; inexcusable; unpardonable
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
action; operation; process; agency; effect; function
truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity
accompanying (someone); going with; travelling together; the same bank; the said bank
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
and (concurrently; e.g. chauffeur and secretary); in addition to; at the same time; cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study)
person who clears the way for a high-ranking person, procession, etc.; outrider; opening performer; sumo wrestler who leads a yokozuna at his ring-entering ceremony
to happen to meet; to come across; to run into; to bump into
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
to wear; to be dressed in; to have on
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
charge (electrical); recharging; charge (fee); topping up (a contactless smart card); recharging; refuelling; charge
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
fighting spirit; battle aura; combative spirit
to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful
two Deva kings; guardian gods of Buddhism who stand at the entrance of a Buddhist temple
trembling (with fear, anger, etc.); shivering (with cold); shaking; quivering
ear; hearing; ear (for music, etc.); edge; crust; ear (of a pot, jug, etc.)
scratch; graze; scrape; minor damage
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
to mash; to grind; to pulverize; to dissipate (a fortune); to run through; to lose
to breathe in; to inhale; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to take (someone) to one place after another (forcibly); to drag (someone) around