secret; private; surreptitious
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
detonation by contact; contact detonation; touching off (something); triggering; sparking
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
improvisation; improvised; impromptu; extempore
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
light novel; young-adult illustrated fiction
to refer to; to use as reference
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary
applying (e.g. a technology); adoption
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
counter-; corresponding; face; opposite
filling (up); replenishing; filling in (tooth); loading (gun with ammunition, camera with film, etc.); packing; plugging
to pull the trigger; to squeeze the trigger
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-
to provide; to furnish; to equip; to install
release; emission; ejection
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
action; operation; effect; function
to investigate; to consider; to plan; to pat; to rub; to take a sword in one's hand
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
even more; still more; further
northern or southern lights; aurora borealis or australis
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
one more time; once more; once again
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold