cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
cooperation; collaboration
bento; Japanese box lunch
to accept; to receive; to agree
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
uneasiness; vague apprehension; premonition
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
to fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form); to post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board); to store; to write (data); to flash
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
curse; spell; malediction
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
regulations; rules; (local) regulation; ordinance; bylaw
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
sect; denomination; school (e.g. of poetry)
leakage; omission; oversight; I; me
leader; guide; mentor; coach
to understand from experience
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
instant; moment; for an instant
heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)
behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness
violent explosion; bursting
to put into written form; to communicate or express by writing; to chronicle
dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened
decision; settlement; definition
narcissism; self-absorption; self-intoxication
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
inside; interior; inner part
to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)