important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency
vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment; vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde
unworthy; unbecoming; improper
ingenuity; resourcefulness
to appease; to suppress; to calm
to listen attentively to; to be lost in
unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; unlucky; inauspicious; ominous
to impersonate someone; to go under a false name; to make fraudulent use of someone's name
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known
to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
charisma (i.e. attractiveness, charm); charisma (i.e. divinely conferred power or talent); charism; charismatic person; someone famous (usu. for their talent); celebrity
existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
to manage a state; to govern a country
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
it is assuredly (that)...; can say with confidence that it is...
impact (on); (strong) impression; effect; impact (of a ball against a racket, bat, club, etc.)
sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation
to avenge (somebody) by striking down their killer
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
rude person; villain; blackguard; scoundrel; rogue; libertine
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
lucid dream; dream in which the dreamer is aware that they are dreaming
senior high school; high school
to make eyes at; to leer; to ogle; to ingratiate oneself; to toady; to flatter
amorous glance; leer; shade (of color); tint; ingratiation; sycophancy
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to sprinkle water on (something); to spray water on; to splash water on; to hinder; to hamper; to stifle
soaked to the skin; like a drowned rat
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
concern; circumstance which is becoming a problem; case (court)
to divulge one's true feelings; to open one's heart
out of character; unlike one
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections