sagacity; wisdom; intelligence
detective bureau; detective agency; investigation firm
study; library; den; home office; reading room
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)
to discuss; to talk together
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested
chair; stool; post; office; position
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
to be opposite; to face each other
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
tousled; shaggy (hair); scraggly (beard); dishevelled; disheveled; unkempt
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
detective team; study group; club
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
to be silent; to say nothing
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
to attack; to assault; to assail
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
student in a higher grade; upperclassman
junior high school student; middle school pupil
leader of a delegation (body, party)
thereupon; shortly thereafter
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned