thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
cosplay (dressing in costume, esp. as a manga character, etc.)
police investigator; investigator
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
call; summons; convening; convocation
to expose (a secret, scandal, etc.); to disclose; to uncover; to unmask
serious; severe; grave; acute
shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute
to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
somehow; in some way; for some reason; faintly; vaguely
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
around the world; throughout the world
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
scene; sight; scenario; setting
unable to resist; unable to suppress
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
peeking; peeping (e.g. through a hole, narrow gap)
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
little-known good place; good out-of-the-way place; well-kept secret place; hole-in-the-wall
to accompany; to go with; to go together
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
to push aside; to brush aside
to be damaged; to receive damage