manager (e.g. of a business, an idol, etc.); in a sports team (esp. at school) someone who does the routine drudge work
enquiry; inquiry; query; interrogation; ENQ
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
to fold one's arms; to stand and watch (without interfering); to stand idly by; to lie in wait; to be ready and waiting
offender; criminal; culprit
abundant; ample; plentiful; lustrous; glossy
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
one by one; thoroughly; exhaustively; with a fine-tooth comb
video camera; video camcorder
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
one by one; in detail; minutely
Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
to explain away; to answer evasively
to keep a watchful eye on
reproduction; duplication; reprinting
real thing; original; actual
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
confinement to one's home; being made to stay at home
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
although; though; despite the fact that ...
just because; even if; even though
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
(not) even once; (not) ever
to inherit; to receive; to take over by transfer
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
to temper thoroughly; to train well
context (of a passage); line of thought; context; environment; circumstances
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank