public opinion; popular voice; public sentiment; consensus
origin of an affair; spark that lit the fuse; beginning
genealogy; lineage; family tree; pedigree
former property; former territory
promoting; increase; advance
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
high-spirited; cheerful; assertive; vigorous
finely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first); mince; hitting (e.g. a drum); striking; bashing; criticizing
tomboy; rebounding; recovery; repercussions; rashness; incautiousness
in order to do; for the purpose of doing
to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails
war renunciation; anti-war; bout cancelled due to absence of one of the wrestlers
to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)
grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely
to connect; to correlate; to associate; to relate; to link
assuming that ...; supposing that ...
accelerator; accelerator pedal; gas pedal
humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue; duty; formal greeting (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.); (gang's) moral code
lowness (of degree, value, etc.); inferiority; second volume (of two); third volume (of three)
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
second offense; second offence
copycat criminal; copycat crime
indicates the target of an activity; -ee (e.g. employee, examinee, trustee)
conventional phrase; stock phrase; cliche; frequently used musical (guitar) phrase
fury; frenzy; madness; wildness
yes and no; for and against
radical party; extremists
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
all kinds of malicious gossip; heaping verbal abuse (on); cursing and swearing (words)
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
military conflict; armed conflict
active; positive; progressive
impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned
to chastise; to punish; to discipline
offering a full report to a superior