fierce look; frightening look; tough look; aggressive attitude; coercive attitude; taking a hard line
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
preparatory school (for entrance examinations); cram school; cramming school
to arise; to break out; to well up; to burst
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
to charm; to attract; to fascinate; to entice
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
lately; recently; nowadays
to get into a panic; to be flustered; to panic; to get in a flap
to bake; to plate; to print; to burn into one's memory; to sear into one's consciousness
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
(establishing a) big lead; (winning by a) huge margin; breaking away (from the field)
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
to add (to); to add on; to append
light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
warrior; soldier; courageous person; strong person
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication