reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
Le Blanc; Bland; Brun; Leblanc; Lebrun
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
scoring combination of a 9 and a 1 in oicho-kabu
flowers budding; blooming; flowering; showing results; becoming popular; blooming
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
decider; person who decides; deciding factor; clincher; trump card
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
to listen attentively to; to be lost in
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
woman writer; lady writer; authoress
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
short temper; quick temper; hot temper; impatience; irritability
cheerful; merry; sunny; bright (sky, day, etc.); fine; clear
sincere; honest; faithful
national holiday; festival day
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
woman; lady; adult female
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
senior high school student
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
to keep a watchful eye on
rough; careless; slovenly; slipshod; rude; impolite
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)
detestable; despicable; abhorrent