investigating authorities; law enforcement authority
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
first report (esp. of an incident or news story); initial report
perusal; one reading; reading through (once)
dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; struck dumb with astonishment
oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...
to run swiftly; to speed; to dash; to charge ahead (in pursuit of some goal); to push forward
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
season (period in which regulated games are played); season (division of the year); season (of a TV show, etc.); season (for doing something, e.g. ski season, entrance examination season)
previous work; preceding work; previous title; first crop grown in a double-cropped field; preceding crop
S; s; south; sulfur; nth year in the Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); small; second
main text; original text; this book; this volume
tide; tied (e.g. tied aid)
prequel; retrospective (talk, etc.)
time series; chronological order; chronology
essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
supplementary biography; anecdote; side story; spin-off
pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
saucer; person (group, institution, etc.) to take over a position or matter; receptacle (e.g. of funds); receiver
outside a library, museum, etc.; off the premises
one's student (esp. a former one); one's pupil; one's disciple
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
to lie face down; to lie flat (on one's stomach); to bend down (in submission); to bow down; to (crouch) and hide (behind); to conceal oneself; to lie down (and sleep)
exactly alike (in appearance); like two peas in a pod; (practically) identical; spitting image (of); carbon copy (of)
freedom of the person; personal freedom; personal liberty
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
leader; central personage
to twine; to get tangled; to be involved (e.g. of money in a matter); to get involved (in); to pick a quarrel (with); to find fault (with)
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
masterpiece; masterwork; crowning work; one's magnum opus; work of the highest quality
supplement; top up; complement; making up (a deficiency)
to come back (to); to return to a starting point
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
boom; craze; (economic) boom; boom (of a boat); (microphone) boom