request for a police search; application to the police to search for a missing person
one room apartment; studio apartment
accusation; complaint; charge; legal action
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
pinky swear; pinky promise; hooking each other's little fingers to confirm a promise
degree of attention; profile
twenty-seventh day of the month; twenty-seven days
leather; leather-bound; leathern
being good at cooking; good cook
viewer; (television) audience
sneak photography; non-consensual photography; peeping photos
early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning
rampaging; raging violently; going berserk
related to; in relation to
to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
something's wrong (with someone); not right (in the head); not oneself; crazy; nuts
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger
to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
relay; hook-up; relay broadcasting
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
piece; fragment; one (object)
to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
pudding (esp. custard); black hair dyed blond but where the roots have again turned black
to give advice; to counsel; to take part in a consultation
mass communication; mass media
schoolgirl; female student
opening and shutting; opening and closing
(camera) shutter; shutter (for a door, window, etc.)
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute