decoration; ornament; trimmings
author; writer; novelist; artist
sensitivity; sensibility; susceptibility; receptivity
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
none of your business; not your concern
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
novice; beginner; starting to run; running off; running away
... years old; age (of) ...
newcomer; new figure; new member; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards); Homo sapiens
counter for books; volume
borrower; debtor; tenant; lessee; renter
achievement; meritorious deed; distinguished service; contribution
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
seductive; carnal; troubling; difficult; anxious; uneasy
looking for (a suitable thing or person); searching for; hunting out; picking out; shopping around for; searching (a place)
name (esp. on a deed, contract, work, etc.); formal name; moral duty; justification; pretext
debut work; one's first work
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
office for rent; office to let
what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty
debt; loan; liabilities; number of games under the .500 mark
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to press a question; to cross-examine
manager; controller; chief treasurer; boss (of a gambling den)
mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly
bōryokudan; gangster organization (organisation); crime syndicate; yakuza
surname; family name; last name
to tremble violently; to shudder up; to shake