detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
female friend; woman friend
bikini model (usually teenage); pin-up girl
lately; recently; nowadays
overtime; outside of hours (school, office, surgery, etc.)
to be beside oneself; to lose one's head; to go mad with something
feeling sick; feeling queasy; feeling nauseated; being angry; being offended; being disgusted
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
day of spring; spring sun
actor; actress; player; performer
homo; homosexual (esp. a male); homozygote; homogenization; Homo (genus of primates incl. modern humans)
roar of laughter (from multiple people); burst of laughter; uproarious laughter; laughing hard (by a single person)
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
to get out of bed; to show a leg
taking part on the spur of the moment; participating without registering beforehand; last-minute entrant; specking on flower petals
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting to write (call, visit, etc.); failing to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
identity or background check (often to see if someone is a burakumin)
centre of attention; center of attention
enrollment in kindergarten; enrolment in nursery school; entering a park, garden, zoo, etc.
(moment of) departure; (upon) leaving; retirement
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)
rustling; flapping; unkempt (hair, etc.); loose; dry; decisively
going back to sleep (e.g. after waking up in the morning)
to be formal; to be ceremonious; to stand on ceremony
first time; first; initial
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
sloppy; slovenly; slipshod; negligent; loose; unkempt
leader of a delegation (body, party)
immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay
inquiry commission; enquiry commission; research group
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
counselor; counsellor; adviser; advisor
measure; square (e.g. of graph paper or Japanese manuscript paper); box (e.g. on a form)
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
district; section; sector
anti-aircraft; antiaircraft
aperture; bore; calibre; caliber
observatory; observation post