to attempt; to test; to try out
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
tossing (someone) into the air (in celebration)
decisive action; going through with; daring to do; carrying out
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
school route; street for students going to and from school (esp. on foot)
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
nervous temperament; worry habit; pessimistic nature; pessimism
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
contradiction; inconsistency
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
to set about in earnest; to put one's back into something
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
that is to say; so that means
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
blank period; window period; interregnum
(one's) favourite food; (one's) favorite food
mixture of fact and fiction; half-truth
to make a great fuss; to raise a hue and cry; to make an uproar; to clamour
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)