phone extension; indoor wiring; inner line
slightest connection; slender connection; sliver (e.g. of hope); one thread
expected value; expectation value; expectation
turning things around with a home run; turning the tables with a single successful attack (move)
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
blue-green; turquoise; aqua; (arch.) spirogyra; (arch.) algae forming pond scum
taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
setting off (on a trip); departure
red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions
beach hut; beachside clubhouse
hammer throw (track and field)
emphasis; stress; main point; point of a lever where force is applied
point of action (e.g. of a lever)
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping)
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
solid body; three-dimensional object; multi-storey car park
just made; fresh (from the oven); newly-built (house)
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
to become a (bad) habit; to get accustomed to
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
high rating; good reputation
parasol (esp. one that is secured to the ground); sunshade; (beach) umbrella
repeated at intervals; every other (day, week, month, ...)
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
hooded sweatshirt; hoodie; hoody; hooded jacket; parka; anorak
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
hard-boiled (person, style, etc.); tough; hard-boiled fiction
pistol; handgun; revolver
Hold up!; Hands up!; to hold up
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
excavation; exhumation; discovery (e.g. new talent)