gag order; gag rule; gag law
to hunt up; to locate; to inquire out
first report (esp. of an incident, disaster, or news story); initial report
serious wound; serious injury
(medical) doctor; physician
preservation; integrity; conservation; maintenance
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
superiority; predominance
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
return present; return gift; something done in return (as way of thanks); retaliation; revenge
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese
setting a bad example to others
spirit of a dead person; ghost; departed soul
amplification (elec.); magnification; amplification; making larger
in the same breath; hardly had the words been said
successively; one after another; sequentially; one by one
sounding; probing; probe; stylet; spy
to show respect for; to revere; to honour; to honor; to worship; to hold in esteem
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
caller; visitor; company; guest
sign; indication; omen; symptom
general classification; broad categorization
living person; the living
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
to explain; to dispel doubts
perfect score; full marks; extremely; very; quite
to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
precondition; prerequisite
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
take-off (of an aircraft); lift-off (of a spacecraft, rocket, helicopter); blast-off
(sect) founder; apostle; originator; inventor
refloating; getting off a reef; getting off the rocks
in short; in a nutshell; in a word; to cut a long story short