near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
had better ...; had better not ...
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
loveable; very likeable; like very much
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
boy; son; baby boy; young man
without permission; without notice
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
to leave something as it is
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
firm-sided backpack made of leather, etc. (used by Japanese elementary schoolchildren, often red for girls and black for boys)
tenth day of the month; ten days
March; third month of the lunar calendar
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
searching for the culprit; trying to find out who did something
world; society; people; the public
amusement; entertainment; recreation; pleasure; pastime; hobby
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
beginning; outset; first; onset
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
mystery novel; detective novel; whodunit
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame
article; news story; report; account
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally