irritating; impatient; annoying; frustrating; vexing
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
as stated; verbatim; literally
secret language; jargon; cant; argot; slang
(occurring) in a chain reaction; chain-like; sequential
explosion; detonation; blast; outburst (of emotion); explosion (e.g. of anger); eruption (e.g. of discontent)
writing; composition; essay; sentence
chunk; lump; thick slice; cutting into chunks
to read (a book, etc.) over again
tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)
article; news story; report; account
March; third month of the lunar calendar
to pick up; to pick out (e.g. key points in an article); to single out; to point out
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
leak; leakage; omission; oversight; I; me
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
residing; living; dwelling
university student; college student
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
will; testament; one's dying wish; one's last words
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
station (esp. a police station); office (e.g. tax office)
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
consideration; taking into account
course; route; path; process; stages
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
that night; that evening; over the course of the evening
intelligence network; information network
anonymous report; (secret) information; tip-off; informing (against)
massing (of troops); gathering