enthusiast; fan; lover; devotee; aficionado
around the world; throughout the world
gold ore; gold deposit; gold mine
in search of; in order to look for
engaging in (work); pursuing (e.g. studies); following (a profession); being involved in
mean; malicious; scheming; wicked; black-hearted
to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
death due to shock (triggered by blood loss, heart failure or other causes)
shady; underhanded; questionable
disclosure; exposure; revelation
warning; caution; admonition; keikoku (penalty in judo)
foolish; nonsensical; absurd; ridiculous; trifling
babble; gibberish; gobbledygook; gobbledegook
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
decision; determination; resolution
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
be absorbed in deep thought; be sunk in thought
to draw (something) toward one; to pull toward one; to pull closer; to attract; to draw; to entice
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
beforehand; in advance; ahead of time; previously
to arrange beforehand; to make a sign to each other; to conspire
symbol; sign; (secret) price mark; secret language; code
person concerned; interested party; related party
analogy; analogical reasoning; analogical inference; analogy
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
to make sense; to be meaningful
to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly
start of a sentence, phrase, etc.
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
there is nothing more that can be done; it's all over
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)