when it comes to ...; as for ...
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
leak; leakage; omission; oversight; I; me
reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt
finally; at last; in the end; ultimately
to stop walking; to pause
accomplishment; execution
knowledge; information; opinion; view
practical use; application; making good use of; conjugation; inflection
flight; desertion; escape
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
sample; example; specimen; display model (e.g. plastic food models used by restaurants)
to be lacking in options; to be too few
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
guess; conjecture; surmise
no hint (e.g. quiz questions where no clues are given)
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
course; route; path; process; stages
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
to cry and shout; to scream
pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless
Europeans and Americans; Westerners
confusion; distraction; derangement
shout of abuse; jeers; boos
one's last moments; hour of death; death throes; agonies of death
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
sound; noise; audio; acoustics; reverberation
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
highlight (scene); high point; climax; show-off scene (of an actor in a play)
character (in a play, novel, film, etc.); dramatis personae
(opening a door) with a clatter; noisily; (falling) with a clatter; with a crash; (changing) completely; totally
piano (instrument); piano (dynamic)
composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun
lyrical; poetic; expressive of emotion