detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
affectation; pretension; posturing; posing as; behaving as; acting like
indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution
overall; general; as a whole
bad taste; poor taste; gaudiness; nastiness; nasty behaviour; perverse disposition
obedient; meek; honest; frank; straight (e.g. hair); without peculiarity
to be surprised; to be bewildered; to be confused; to be flustered; to roll one's eyes up and down
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
somehow; somewhat; seemingly
student (esp. a university student)
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
actual article or goods; spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.); (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)
middle and high-school students
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
risky; dangerous; insecure
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
to have one's breath taken away; to gasp (in surprise, wonder, etc.); to have one's breath catch in one's throat; to gulp
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
fall; tumble; spill; fall (in position, standing, etc.); downfall; descent
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
to throw oneself (e.g. off a cliff, etc.)
several weeks; a few weeks
dark; gloomy; somber; depressing
just as; right after; in the act of; as soon as; at that moment
active; dynamic; energetic
to jump out; to leap out; to appear (suddenly); to emerge; to protrude; to project
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
to speak unanimously; to speak in chorus; to speak in unison; to speak in one voice
no; nay; disagreement; objection; disapproval
college of the arts; university of the arts; art university
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)