interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
every part of the world; all over the world; the four corners of the world
to travel all over; to be active in places widely apart
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
educational institution; school; academy; campus
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
things at hand; personal belongings
inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; scan (e.g. MRI, PET, etc.)
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
corridor; hallway; passageway
ancient Shinto music and dancing
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
failure; mistake; blunder
to become blue; to turn green; to turn pale; to blanch (with fear)
discovery; detection; finding
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
grove of miscellaneous trees; copse; coppice; thicket
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
(wireless) transceiver; radio; walkie-talkie