smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
other than; excluding; without
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
two times; twice; two degrees
long time; long interval; for quite some time
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
to have an eye on; to zero in on
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to be stripped of all one's clothes; to lose everything one has
a step; short distance; short time
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)