planned; scheduled; systematic
taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
to get cold feet; to back away; to withdraw
to lie in wait; to wait for an opportunity to hurt someone; (lit.) to sharpen one's fangs
to stab (into); to thrust (violently); to plant (in the ground, snow, etc.); to set; to stick (upright)
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
obstruction; prevention; hindrance; check; blocking; stopping
to be conspicuous; to stand out
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
gun; firearm; small arms (e.g. rifle, pistol, etc)
pretending not to see (something); turning a blind eye (to); closing one's eyes (to); looking the other way
Hodo Station (news program on Asahi television)
expansion; extension; magnification; enlargement; escalation; spread
delay; lag; falling behind; falling behind in; lagging behind in
well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
Ming dynasty (of China; 1368-1644)
small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland
request for a police search; application to the police to search for a missing person
female high school student
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing
incident resulting in injury
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
bleeding; haemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; casualties; losses
to breathe in; to inhale; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
people; men and women; each person; everybody
shell heap; shell mound; kitchen midden
club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse