middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
inspection; examination; check; checkpoint; screening; inspection (esp. by police or security)
to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
to take action; to start; to get started; to begin to do
unification; bringing together; generalization; control; supervision
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
a few hours; several hours; a couple of hours
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
obstruction; prevention; hindrance; check; blocking; stopping
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt
secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
to be sacked; to be dismissed
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
shy; diffident; retiring; reserved
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
baron; Irish cobbler (variety of potato)
request for a police search; application to the police to search for a missing person
to call on someone; to call at a place; to ask; to inquire; to hear; to be told
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
the same; the said; likewise
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
leaving (a decision, job, etc.) to someone else; entrusting; leaving the choice of a meal to the chef; omakase
to let pass; to allow through; to transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.); to conduct (electricity); to stick through (e.g. a hole); to force through (e.g. an opening); to connect (e.g. two places)
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
(sound of) footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
to come to meet (someone); to come to pick up
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)