hidden ball trick; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
boss; leader; kingpin; chief; head (e.g. of a crime syndicate)
to throw at; to turn; to raise
right on the heels of yesterday; only yesterday
4th day of the month; four days
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
carefully; thoroughly; fully; deliberately
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to get tired; to become exhausted; to become worn out; to become battered (from long use); to get tired of (doing); to get fed up with
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
staring at; gazing at; eyeballing; glaring; giving a hard look
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
to ask a question; to ask questions
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
to harm; to cause harm to
intellectual curiosity; out of curiosity; inquisitiveness
to come from; to have roots in
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
everything; anything; nothing
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
I'm ready for anything; leave it to me; bring it!
as if to say; as much as to say; as though
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
as expected; just as one thought; as feared; sure enough
flash (of light); glint; schiller