returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
threat; menace; coercion; blackmail
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
don't do anything rash!; keep composed!
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
sal (tree) (Shorea robusta); saul; Japanese stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia)
to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle
absurd; irrational; unreasonable; absurdity
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
panel; wainscoting; wainscotting; plight; fix; bind
clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously
ace; ace (of a team); leading player; ace; hotshot; ace (serve)
spa (mineral spring); spa (establishment with facilities for beauty treatment, weight loss, relaxation, etc.); health spa; spaghetti
present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
race (of people); type of person
advantage; point in favor; point in favour
glove (esp. in sports); mitt; globe
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
both (people); the two of them
name (esp. on a deed, contract, work, etc.); formal name; moral duty; justification; pretext
anonymity; using an assumed name
omega (last letter of the Greek alphabet); end; conclusion; ohm (unit of electrical resistance); angular velocity
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
chronic disease; chronic illness
sublime; noble; high-minded
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
number two; mistress; concubine
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
bullet; round; lost messenger; truant messenger; bull's-eye (candy); hitman
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator