trick; plot device; mystery-fiction trope
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
establishing proof; demonstration; substantiation
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
principal offence; principal offense; principal offender
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
splendid; nice; sufficient; satisfactory; not needing (any more of something); (already) having enough
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
to see; to look; to watch
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
how; in what way; by what means
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
nothing but; except; no more than
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
to grapple with (each other); to tussle with; to wrestle with; to scuffle with
kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play; kabuki play; kabuki performance; make-believe; ruse
suicide by jumping (e.g. from a tall building)
if I had to say; if pressed (to answer); if I must choose; if I had to choose
to take the blame; (lit.) to cover oneself in mud
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role