period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
deadly serious; deadly earnest
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
information session; briefing; explanatory meeting
hidden camera; spy camera
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
killer technique; surefire assassination method; special or lethal move, usu. one unique to a certain fighter or fighting style
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
scene; sight; scenario; setting
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
loveable; very likeable; like very much
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
interviewer (for job, school, etc. interviews)
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
to be hesitant; to feel timid
success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility
this world; this life; world of the living
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
careful; thorough; meticulous; scrupulous
normal; usual; ordinary; everyday
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
sympathy; compassion; pity
cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
commonplace; ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; mundane
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to get excited; to get hyped up; to become happy; to get in a good mood