witness protection program; witness protection programme
babies born on October 10, supposedly conceived on New Year's Day; normal gestation time (i.e. 9 months)
basement of a department store (where foodstuffs are usually sold)
Akutagawa Ryuunosuke (1892.3.1-1927.7.24)
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
performing a surgical operation
peep; chirp; poor; hard up; the runs; diarrhea
Vienna sausage; wiener; Vienna coffee; Viennese
beauty treatment; cosmetology; beauty salon; beauty-treatment clinic
spouse; wife; husband; partner
to shut out; to bar; to lock out; to exclude
sobbing; weeping; whimpering
peace preservation; security; safety
sudden brake; coming to a sudden stop
unfounded (e.g. rumour); groundless; baseless; completely untrue
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
to accuse somebody; to charge someone
kidnapper; kidnaper; abductor
omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; intentional negligence; tenuki; taking the initiative by ignoring the opponent's last move and playing somewhere else (in go)
establishing proof; demonstration; substantiation
appropriate; suitable; proper; fitting
rolled egg; rolled omelette (omelet); fried egg; frying pan for making rolled eggs
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity
storage room; storeroom; lumber room
reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored