intelligence gathering; information gathering
part; part-timer; part-time (work)
to be conspicuous; to stand out
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
carefree; free from worry
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
bright and beautiful; gorgeous; showy; prosperous; flourishing; thriving
to enjoy; to take pleasure in; to have a good time; to look forward to
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot
social life; social intercourse
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
perfect; complete; flawless
(there is) no sign (of); leaving no trace; nowhere to be seen
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
practice; experience; habituation; being used to; being comfortable with; being experienced in
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
beyond this point; ahead; from now on; after this; in the future
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
deadpan face; expressionless white face; po-faced
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
had better ...; had better not ...
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to move (to another place or state); to change (e.g. of state, affiliation, scenery, etc.); to spread (of a fire, smell, etc.); to catch (an illness); to move (e.g. of one's focus); to change (e.g. of one's interest)
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out