zaru soba (soba served on a bamboo draining basket with dipping sauce)
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
stout-hearted; firm; courageous; brave; tough
letter; missive; note; mail
senior high school student
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
minutely; in detail; with particular attention
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
clear; clear-cut; lucid; unequivocal; explicit
same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
to be worried; to be troubled
quite clearly; quite distinctly; perfectly; exactly
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
listening device; bug; wiretap
to run around; to bustle about
full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end
right to know; right to access information
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
interception (email); wiretap; bug
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
to be frank with you; to tell you the truth; I'm going to lay my cards on the table
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
rival; opponent; revenge; (arch.) spouse
to burn with combativeness
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk