citizen (of a country); citizenry; citizen (of a city); resident; bourgeoisie; middle class
speaking voice; talking voice
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
exactly; just; precisely; punctually; exactly on time
wife; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); trimmings; accompaniment; side (remark)
radio wave; reception; signal; saying strange things
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
to let (something or someone) go past; to do too much
to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
to gaze (at); to stare intently (at); to look fixedly (at); to fascinate; to enchant; to possess
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
broke; poor; short; skint; having no money
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
maintaining a reasonable distance; keeping a proper distance; being neither too close nor too distant; taking a neutral position
to take the middle (between the two); to split the difference
starting point; starting line
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
visit for no reason; going on a fool's errand
(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
tobacco; cigarette; cigar; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
hard-boiled (person, style, etc.); tough; hard-boiled fiction
anger; getting angry; taking offense; losing one's temper
singing together; singing in union; chorus; ensemble singing; choral singing; chorus
air conditioning; air cooling
frizzy (hair); wiry; sizzling; frizzling; stingingly (of heat or cold); painfully
sunlight; rays of the Sun
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)