irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
supernatural phenomenon; paranormal phenomenon; anomalous phenomenon
legend; folklore; tradition
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
there's no knowing; there's no telling; it's anyone's guess; who knows?
danger; peril; hazard; risk
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
to look (stare) back at (someone); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to put a person to shame; to look back (behind oneself)
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
such; this sort of; like this
carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion; metal wire with a prop animal (e.g. butterfly, bird) attached to the end; rod used to control the arm of a puppet (in bunraku)
they; those guys; those fellows
expressly; especially; specially; intentionally; deliberately; on purpose
the whole school; all the schools
(exaggerated) professing to be; passing oneself off as
classification; categorization; sorting
the place for; the time for; the level of
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
company; lot; people; troupe; company (of musicians)
to consider; to eye the possibility (of); to bring into view
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
sounding; probing; probe; stylet; spy
slightest connection; slender connection; sliver (e.g. of hope); one thread
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
continuously; from beginning to end; from first to last
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd); dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.); winding-up; dissolution (of the Diet, Parliament, etc.)
to (keep in) mind; to give heed to; to pay attention to
to stand still (for a while); to remain in one place; to stand alone (of a building, statue, tree, etc.); to stand quietly; to wander about; to loiter
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment