dubious document; anonymous document containing defamatory statements
walking sideways; staggering; striding; being rampant; being widespread; being prevalent
prompt; immediate; in real time
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
to take measures; to work out a plan; to lecture; to read aloud; to confer
orders; instructions; directive; command
secret investigation; private enquiry; private inquiry; reconnaissance; scouting
flowers budding; blooming; flowering; showing results; becoming popular; blooming
honorific/polite/humble prefix
publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
certainty; reality; regular; permanent; samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation)
to attract interest; to get attention to appeal
February 26 Incident (attempted military coup in Japan; 1936); February 1936 military revolt
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
to become thin; to fade; to grow pale
to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
to make a phone call; to answer the phone
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
off grounds; outside the premises
work-in-progress; working state
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
premises; grounds; campus; compound; precincts
multi-person cell; shared cell
use; utilization; utilisation; application
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than