random firing; reckless firing; excessive issue
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
patterns of thinking; train of thought
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
distant future; inevitable future; places one goes to
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
impassioned speech; fervent speech
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
lottery; tombola; drawing
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
unable to compete with; not able to make a dent in (e.g. a problem); not able to get a solid hit in (e.g. in a fight); hard to chew
nine times; twisting around many times
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
two out; two down (and one to go)
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
incident; affair; happening; event
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed
battlefield; battleground
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
flag; tag indicating a future role or status for a character in anime, games, etc. (e.g. death, love, survival)