to bite into; to sink one's teeth into
manners; behavior; behaviour
high (e.g. spirits); merry; high; high (i.e. feeling of extreme pleasure)
serious; severe; grave; acute
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
preliminary investigation; preparation
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
rumor; rumour; gossip; report
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone; sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki
everywhere; all over; throughout
war; campaign; battle; (arch.) unpaid work (ritsuryo system); (arch.) forced labor
to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
close; intimate; on good terms
guidance; lead; guide; primer; influence; connections
perfect; just right; ideal
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to probe someone's real intentions; to sound someone out; to try to fathom someone's thoughts
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
calm; composed; cool; quiet
friction; discord; trouble; dissension; disagreement
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
to be afraid of making mistakes; to fear failing
self-evident; obvious; axiomatic; self-explanatory; trivial
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
incoherent; vague; silly; foolish
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment