day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
it is written that ...; ... is written; it says ...; it reads ...
hard to figure out; elusive; slippery; vague; subtle
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
to lay (something) face down; to place upside down; to point downwards (one's eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (one's eyes); to lay (oneself) face down; to lie face down; to conceal
contrived; false-sounding
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
exaggerated; overblown; overdone
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
to pass (of time); to elapse
this sort of; this type of
the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it
it's precisely for that reason that ...; which is precisely why ...
curiosity; inquisitiveness
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make (someone) laugh; to amuse
soft; software; soft hat; felt hat; soft serve ice cream; softball
despite; in spite of; not worrying about; without fear of
becoming clear; coming to light; being ascertained; being identified; being confirmed
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
manufacturer (esp. a major company); producer; maker; maker (person or device that makes something)
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
murder; homicide; manslaughter
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet; to post on Twitter
to look around; to take a view of
guess; conjecture; surmise
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance
to try (out); to have a try (at); to test; to put to the test
turning someone away (at the front door); refusing a visitor; rejecting without consideration; denying without substantial investigation; being chased away from a magistrate's office's gate (lightest punishment during the Edo period)
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty