serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
proposal; offer; request; application
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
the public; general public
(in the) presence (of); in front (of); before (someone)
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
person concerned; interested party; related party
myself; yourself; I; me; you
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
violence; vehemence; fury; fervour; fervor; severity
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
threat; intimidation; menace
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
rendezvous; tryst; (lover's) meeting; (secret) date
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
to loathe to part (with); to be reluctant to leave (someone)
piping hot; scalding; madly in love; passionately in love
scene; sight; scenario; setting
paltry amount of money; cheapness; worthlessness; three one-mon coins
drama; play; powerful drug
starring (in a film, play, etc.); playing the leading part
as everyone knows; needless to point out
to consider; to eye the possibility (of); to bring into view
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
with great vigour; in leaps and bounds; (lit.) with the force of surging waves
nuisance to other people; inconvenience to others
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
happy-go-lucky person; dreamer; (lit.) intracranial flower garden
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit