secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
passing each other; missing (meeting) each other; failing to meet; (being at) cross purposes; discrepancy
to resort to violence; to perform a drastic act
investigation (e.g. academically, of the unknown); close inquiry (enquiry)
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
to be helpful; to be useful
many-sided; multifarious; versatility
difficult to hear; indistinct; hesitating to ask; awkward to ask; unpleasant to hear; painful to listen to
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly
virtuous mind; good intentions; good will; positive mindset; bona fides; good faith
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
to become better; to improve
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
(the condition of) one's health
all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
when it becomes; when it comes to
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
retainer; subject; vassal; servant
to carry up; to bring up; to lift up; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)
very; extremely; excessively
(Japanese) empress; queen
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
all (there is); as long as there is
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
lack of self-reliance; depending on others
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)