ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
orders; instructions; directive; command
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
trade; business; occupation; profession; job
influence; clout; leverage
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
military personnel; soldier
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
cut; reduction; curtailment
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
regiment of military policemen
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
inference; deduction; induction; reasoning