material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
snake; serpent; large snake
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to spread; to be propagated
knowingly or unknowingly; with or without someone's knowledge
friendly; affable; amiable; sociable; loving company; (animals) taking kindly to men
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
taking command of a corps in a battle; command exercised by the leader of a group
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
limbless wooden doll; kokeshi doll
fragment; one of the group or party
running (for election); coming forward as a candidate; going on horseback; going in person; (arch.) letting out a horse; (arch.) taking out a horse
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
leak (of information); leakage (of electricity)
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
accessories; small articles; minor character; small fry; weak one
mixture of fact and fiction; half-truth
but; however; provided that
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
being cleared (doubt, misgivings, etc.); being dispelled; melting away; melting (of ice)
encouragement; backing; reinforcements
gag order; gag rule; gag law
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
tacit; unspoken; implicit
protocol; written evidence; record (investigation, interrogation, etc.); preliminary memo; charge sheet
to raise one's voice; to shout