(barbed) wire entanglements
to keep watch; to stand guard
hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
floating ball of fire (said to be the soul of a dead person); meteor; shooting star
fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light; person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake
mental health; mental hygiene
to shoot through (a door, the heart, etc.); to go through
arranging in a line; standing in a row; parallel (electronics, computing, etc.)
firing (esp. a rocket or missile); launching; shooting; ejaculation
asking for the moon; asking for the impossible; asking for too much; thinking the grass is greener on the other side of the fence
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; by the way
game arcade; video arcade
loving something but being very bad at it
way to shoot (a gun); way to fire; firing; shooting
to fill with holes; to riddle (e.g. with bullets)
to frown (on); to be grim-faced; to look sullen
batsu game; punishment given to the loser of a game or contest
to look away; to turn away
lawsuit; suit; (legal) action; litigation
young girl; lass; adolescent female
mountain hunt; combing the mountains (for a criminal, etc.)
mental; mental health; mental state; mental resolve
relationship; connection; involvement; entanglement; implication (e.g. in a crime)
violent explosion; bursting
barking up the wrong tree; calling at the wrong house
shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation
to dig up and expose (a secret, hidden crime, etc.)
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
about; concerning; related to; -ish
without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly
side road; byroad; digression (e.g. from argument)
in the manner of an old person; like that of an old person; fusty; old-fashioned; fogyish