telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
detective bureau; detective agency; investigation firm
to recall; to remember; to recollect
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
the way back; the way home; return trip
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
binding hand and foot; temporary feeling of paralysis; sleep paralysis; being tied down with money
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
disk; discus; flying saucer; disc media (CD, DVD, etc.)
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
to pass (of time); to elapse
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
impossible; unlikely; improbable
possible; likely; probable
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
insertion; letter drop; things sent to a prisoner; supply of provisions, refreshments, etc. to someone carrying out a task
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
fly ball; fly (esp. in fishing bait); flying
to be worried; to be troubled
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
later on; eventually; afterwards