speaking of ...; as for ...
I thought so; I suspected as much; Just as I thought; Now you are talking; That's the spirit
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
(made of) stone; stone-built
escaping from prison; jailbreak
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
big man; large man; tall man; giant
schoolyard; playground; school grounds; campus
loss-cutting; cutting one's losses
unification; bringing together; generalization; control; supervision
to pull around; to drag around; to take around; to show around
tourist; traveler; traveller; visitor
increase in activity; activation
during; for the duration of
beginning; commencement; first (one comes to); approaching; affability; approachability
to follow in succession; to happen one after another
clear as day; perfectly obvious; plain as daylight
hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)
you can get used to living anywhere; home is where you make it; wherever I lay my hat is home
jumping to hasty conclusions; conjecture
to enquire; to inquire; to seek information
to be charged with a mission
disadvantageous; long (odds)
pseudo; quasi; false; suspected (case, e.g. of disease)
variables; uncertain elements; uncertainties; imponderables
stupid plan; inane way of doing something; (one's own) plan or project
fortress; stronghold; citadel
great victory; crushing victory
partial destruction by fire
Chiba prefecture (Kanto area)