mystery; curiosity; strangeness; ghost; monster; apparition
opening a new hospital, institution, temple, etc.; opening a hospital, institution, temple, etc. (for the day); opening of a Diet session (pre-WWII)
concealed microphone; bug
unbecoming; improper; unsuitable; ill-matched; unworthy of
experiments using animals; in-vivo testing; animal testing
to strip; to peel; to tear off
police van; paddy wagon; prisoner transport vehicle
best article under heaven; peerless
compressed gas cylinder; aerosol spray can
city police; municipal police
to give; to present; to offer; to do for someone's sake
ouch!; hot, hot, hot!; something hot; fire
official post; regular post; principal post (as opposed to secondary post); I (of someone in government or the civil service)
interruption (e.g. of a conversation)
secret method; secret process; secret formula; esoteric rituals (in Shingon Buddhism)
crown (of head); summit (of mountain); easy win for one; something received
crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something
first class plus; extra special
precipitous cliff; sheer precipice; critical situation
only because ...; definitely not; certainly not; if actually
Mediterranean Sea; Mediterranean sea (oceanography)
in accordance with plans; just as planned
the reason is ...; it is because ...
to tear off; to strip; to rob
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
specific medicine; wonder drug; silver bullet
mystery novel; detective novel; whodunit
cultivation; nurture; culture
to kill by burning to death
three generations; third generation immigrant; sansei; the third (e.g. Henry III)
ill-natured; mean; mischievous; nasty; unkind; teasing
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook