skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
letter; missive; note; mail
children's story; fairy tale
frog; kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
breath; breathing; tone; mood
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
great evil; scum of the earth; monster; fiend
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
to escape death; to be saved from death
home area; home town; local
interrogation room; interview room; sweatbox
harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.); severe; hard; strict
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
party (political); person who is fond of; fan of
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
chief (of police); head (of office)
head of a police station; chief of a police station; superintendent
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); issue; (court) case
about; concerning; related to; -ish
confusion; mixing; merger
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
to serve; to dish up; to dish out; to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with