to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to bring (someone) back home; to take (someone) back home
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
by your leave; with your permission
sharp-eared; have sharp ears; picks things up fast
fascination; bewitchment; entrancement; dazzlement
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe
to meddle (in someone's affairs); to poke one's nose into; to interfere; to make a pass (at someone); to hit on
solving a riddle; solving a mystery
brain work; mental work; nonmanual labor
forgery; counterfeiting; fabrication; falsification
to expose (a secret); to disclose; to take apart; to take to pieces; to kill; to do away with
it's no joke; gimme a break!
blood relationship; blood relative
to knock down; to tear down; to crush (e.g. enemy); to throw into confusion; to refute; to pick apart
stubborn; dogged; persistent; tough; sturdy; hardy
crack; fissure; rift (in a relationship); split; crack
multistoried building; castle; palace; shrine
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
exhibition; showing; displaying; putting on display
deepest part; deepest portion; depths (of the ocean etc.); innermost
to be harboured (of negative feelings or thoughts); to be rooted in one's mind; to coil; to curl around; to become tangled (e.g. of roots)
birth (esp. of a famous person); nativity
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
collapse; break; cave-in; market decline; market crash
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
town; city; municipal; urban
citizen (of a country); citizenry; citizen (of a city); resident; bourgeoisie; middle class
natural disaster; cataclysm