truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
recoil; hesitation; flinching; shrinking back
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
embarkation; boarding (an aeroplane, airplane)
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
intricate; elaborate; complicated; complex
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
spiritualist; medium; necromancer
shaman; Sherman (WW2 tank)
paltry amount of money; cheapness; worthlessness; three one-mon coins
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
barefaced (e.g. lie); shameless; transparent; pure white; very clear
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
women's college; women's university
youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing); young; new
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out