participant; entrant; player; competitor
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
reason; circumstances; grounds; because of; due to; as a result of
appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments; elusive; phantom
shadow figure; silhouette
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
group (of people, competitors, companies, etc.); contingent; camp; team
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
contributor; poster; submitter
numeral; digit; figure; number; a few characters
withdrawal; discontinuance; abandoning; dropping
matching dice; doublets; bet on two horses in the same bracket; repdigit; monodigit
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
to spit out; to eject; to dump
checking answers (e.g. to homework problems); verifying one's answers
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
to get one's head around; to think about
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
5th day of the month; five days
to shut oneself in (one's house, room, etc.); to confine oneself (to); to barricade oneself (in a building); to entrench oneself; to hole up
flight; desertion; escape
after that; afterwards; thereafter
ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base
curtain; act (in a play); falling of the curtain; end (of a scene); end; close; case
see!; didn't I tell you (this would happen)?
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
pensive (or worried) look on one's face
to shake one's head (in disagreement); to disagree; to refuse; to say no; to turn down (a request)
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
3rd day of the month; three days