limited edition sale; limited sale
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
artificiality; pretence; contrived act; commission (of a crime); feasance
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
somewhat far; fairly distant
to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise
having little knowledge (of); being ill-informed
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history
to apply pressure (on); to bring pressure upon; to lean on
disaster film; disaster movie
extermination; annihilation
(with a) slamming noise (door, telephone receiver); (with a) banging noise; (with a) clash (broken dish); (with a) clank; (with a) bang
mixed yarn; mixed spinning
spinning (textiles); spun yarn
not a moment to waste; there is no time to lose; cannot wait any longer
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
lewdness; lewd person; lecher
gaining nothing by; getting nowhere by
string bikini; g-string; thong
pilot light; spark; live coals (for firelighting)
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
to ask for trouble; to dig your own grave; to cut your own throat
diminished capacity; diminished responsibility; legally unaccountable (e.g. due to mental illness, drugs, alcohol, etc.)
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)
to warp; to become strained; to become distorted; to become crooked
ignition; lighting; firing; setting off
unexpected meeting; coincidence
chemical substances; chemicals
unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking
the deceased; deaths; persons killed
jewel box; jewelry box; jewelry case; casket
to write from top to bottom; to write out (at a stretch); to write without a pause; to rewrite classical Chinese in Japanese word order