cavern; cave; cave system; grotto
safety zone; traffic island
to enter; to trespass; to interfere; to meddle; to pry into
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
anonymous report; (secret) information; tip-off; informing (against)
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
average; mean; balance; equilibrium
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
informer; informant; betrayer; snitch
large room; green room; waiting room for performers when off stage; junior actor; actor of small parts; large hospital room (for several patients)
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
branch road; byroad; side street; digression
smoke screen; dazzler; camouflage; deceptive means; magic; witchcraft
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
to need; to call for; to require
evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
to discuss; to talk together
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
finishing blow; coup de grâce
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
fury; frenzy; madness; wildness
bloody; gory; covered in copious amounts of blood; desperate; frantic
one person; another name; nickname; alias
arrest; apprehension; capture
head; chief; boss; leader
survival; survivor; relic
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
postwar period; period after Second World War