to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
relationship; connection; involvement; entanglement; implication (e.g. in a crime)
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
eccentric young person (esp. girl)
user's manual; instruction manual; operation manual
detective work; detective industry
to tear up and throw away
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
having had enough; flatly refusing; wouldn't do for anything; begging pardon
conversion (to a different religion, denomination, etc.); change (of ideology, interest, taste, etc.); switch
to leave a trail; to leave traces; to have a lasting effect
radio programme; radio program
cheater; unfaithful person; adulterer
existing (between); interposition; intervention; involvement
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
coward; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast; good-for-nothing
being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
perpetual youth and longevity; immortality
ancient times; prehistoric times
open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited
by the end of this month; before the month is out; in the course of this month
astonished; stunned; startled out of one's wits; thunderstruck; open-eyed astonishment
manner of using one's hands
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent
straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; not knowing the true nature
to get used to; to become accustomed to; to be at home (on the stage)
changing completely; transformation
honest; respectable; respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.); person in a respectable occupation
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
thriving (prosperous) business; rush of business
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
congratulation; celebration