smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
stronghold; citadel; base (of operations); headquarters
trend; tendency; momentum
to rise; to swell; to intensify; to increase; to grow stronger; to get higher
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
(starting) from nothing; from scratch
going side-by-side; going abreast; running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to disappear; to vanish into thin air
juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink
to wet oneself; to be miserly; to be stingy
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to dodge (a question, blow, etc.)
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
after a long time; for the first time in a while
soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
double take (esp. out of surprise)
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
main point; essential point; important thing; necessity; need; requirement
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
position in a game; state of the game; situation; stage; phase
outside the country; abroad
(religious) piety; faith; devotion
region; limits; stage; level
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
privacy; secrecy; confidentiality
and then; and so; and; so then
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
does not; can not; will not
war; battle; match; game; competition
as you (they, etc.) say; as you suggest; I absolutely agree
stabilization; stabilisation
to be found; to be discovered
irregular; bad bounce (in tennis); bad hop (in baseball)
note (letter) left behind; will
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition