training; drill; practice; discipline
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
near; close; beside; third person
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
to say; to tell; to state; to do
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
piece; fragment; one (object)
white flag; truce flag; surrender flag
group; party; team; squad; section
swaying (only once, in a large, slow motion); relaxedly
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish
very loose; slowly; leisurely
to go around spreading (news, rumors, etc.); to cry about; to circulate; to broadcast
to be surprised; to be astonished
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) very; (not) much
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping)
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
news; word; tidings; omen
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
imperial court; royal court
to create (a sensation); to give rise to (controversy)
disturbance; trouble; ups and downs
ripple; ring on the water; repercussions; Japanese slit drum; instrument made of iron with slits on top; makes a rippling sound
as usual; as is one's habit