to receive favor; to receive assistance; to receive help; to be looked after; to be taken care of; to become dependent (on)
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to put into words; to refer (to)
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
to trace back to (the origins of something)
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
outsider; someone outside of a group
about; on; regarding; per; for every
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
side job; sideline; subsidiary business
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
smuggling in; importing through illegal channels
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
individual; private person; personal; natural person
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); in; within; during; while; currently (doing)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to pretend; to act (as if)
to deceive; to cheat; to falsify; to misrepresent; to evade (a question, taxes, etc.); to dodge
judging from appearances; to all appearances; from the looks of it; on the face of it; apparently; seemingly
what kind of; what sort of; what
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
face; visage; look; (facial) expression; honor (honour); face; influence
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate