extraordinary; unusual; strange; unexpected
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
coherence; order; focus; point
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
stand; stall; booth; kiosk; store
one color; one colour; one article; same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing
how; in what way; in what manner
age range; age-group; age bracket
junior high school student; middle school pupil
half and half; fifty-fifty
indiscrimination; without discrimination; indiscriminate
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
very likely; very probable
to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
kindergartener; preschooler
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
organ (of body, plant, etc.)
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
mass communication; mass media
degree of attention; profile
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
to have rumors going around (rumours); to have rumors spread
rapid increase; proliferation; surge; explosion
small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
opening (a letter, parcel, etc.); breaking the seal; unboxing (a product); unsealed mail