investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
demolition; pulling down; destruction; dismantling
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
not yet known; unknown; strange
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
male instincts; male frivolity
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make laugh; to amuse
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
ongoing; in progress; afoot
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
should do; ought to do; must do
to lose sight of; to miss
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
to start a journey; to embark on a trip; to set forth; to hit the trail
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
noisily (esp. the noise of heavy feet)
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than