anonymous report; (secret) information; tip-off; informing (against)
investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, a licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
to be found; to be discovered
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
cram school; private tutoring school
speaker; lecturer; lecturer (at a university or college); instructor; part-time teacher; tutor (at a cram school)
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
through (e.g. an intermediary, a medium); via; over (e.g. a network); across; by way of; by means of
death from disease; death from illness
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
to talk; to chat; to chatter
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
to lead (someone) by the nose; to twist (someone) around one's little finger
beanbags; jackstones; cueball
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
important; essential; significant; major; key; principal
just like that; quite so; I agree; that street
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so
good bargain; (a) find; godsend; (a) steal
confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at); to be intimidated; to feel daunted
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
world; society; people; the public
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
career; occupation; personal history; professional experience; government employee who has passed the highest national civil service exam; carrier; carrier (of a disease-causing agent)
to get damaged; to get chipped; to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt (reputation)
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
quiver; quaver; flutter; statistical fluctuation