barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
to harmonize; to harmonise; to be in harmony; to say the same thing in unison (inadvertently)
to begin (doing); to start; to set about; to get down to
headphone jack; earphone jack
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
device; equipment; machinery; apparatus
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
equipping; installing; fitting; mounting; putting on
haughty; arrogant; insolent; presumptuous
timid; fainthearted; weak-willed
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
fat; fatty; grand; magnificent; excellent
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband
(breaking) with a snap (of a thread, string, etc.); (ending) suddenly (of a call, communications, etc.); piercing (e.g. with a needle); squashing (something small; e.g. an insect); breaking out (e.g. of a pimple)
to dismantle; to demount; to take something away; to detach
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
alteration; falsification; faking
voice; speech; phone (as opposed to a phoneme); speech sound; audio; sound (as opposed to the picture)
patching (up); cutting a part and pasting a new one (e.g. a shoji door); cut and paste
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
commercialization; commodification; turning (something) into a product
to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
being quick-eared; having sharp ears; being first to know about something
wind direction; situation; way things are going; mood; temper
reading aloud; recitation
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
to move (something) to another location; to change the position of; to rearrange; to replace; to exchange; to switch
police drama (television); detective drama
(police) detective; criminal matter
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
offender; criminal; culprit
katsudon; pork cutlet served on top of a bowl of rice
to make (someone) understand (a fault, mistake, etc.); to reason with; to advise; to try to persuade; to exhort; to admonish
to sit upright; to sit up straight; to take a defiant attitude; to become aggressive; to take the offensive
means; way; method; measure
big problem; major issue; big controversy
for shame!; shame on you!; shame!
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme