to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
source of information; intelligence source; message source
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
Thursday; wood (first of the five elements)
thereupon; shortly thereafter
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
cartoonist; comic book artist; manga artist; manga author; mangaka
working adult; full-fledged member of society
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
it is not (like that) either
already; now; no longer; not any more
caged bird; person whose freedom has been restricted (esp. a prostitute, mistress, concubine, etc.)
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
beginning of next week (usu. Monday); early next week
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
instead; but (on the other hand)
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
refrigerator; cold; cool; cold sake
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid