not yet known; unknown; strange
valuable (object); negotiable (instrument)
to lick all over; to run one's tongue over
children's game in which the aim is to occupy the other's home base; taking a place; securing a position
ohajiki; traditional Japanese children's game similar to marbles, played with coin-shaped pieces made of coloured glass or plastic
liner; regularly scheduled ship
ministries and government offices; the authorities
very messy; (stuff) all over the place; (lit.) no space even for one's feet
to fly into a rage; to lose one's temper; to flare up; to break out
video game (played on a home console)
pretension; conceit; hubris
painstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; toil; labor; labour
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
family structure; family composition; family makeup
nocturnality; nocturnal habits
vigor; vigour; ardor; ardour; high spirits
mimicry; imitation (of someone, something)
hearsay; rumor; rumour; report
locking up (doors and windows); fastening the doors
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
to be absorbed in reading
to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
password; watchword; motto; slogan
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
to be urgent; to be pressing; to be imminent
preliminary investigation; preparation
bygones; the past; past event
that kind; competition; match
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham