bare rock; rock surface; rock face
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
closed circle (of suspects, in mystery fiction)
scientific crime detection; forensic investigation
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
soft; tender; gentle; mild; light (topic, book, etc.); informal
to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed
accompanying (someone); going with; travelling together; the same bank; the said bank
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another; successively
to take (someone) to task; to tell off severely; to give a good talking-to; to scold
to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell
fair; fair ball; fair (event)
mystery novel; detective novel; whodunit
light novel; young-adult fiction novel, typically illustrated in a manga art style
publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)
destination; place one stays during a trip
god of death; death deity; Death; Grim Reaper
silence (not speaking); muteness
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
to frown (on); to be grim-faced; to look sullen
reduced scale; scaling down
small; fine; detailed; stingy
formation; molding; making (up); repair (e.g. with plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
to get strong; to gain strength
hard to reach place; remote place
strange festival; odd festival
unasked for; unnecessary; uninvolved
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
port city; harbor city; harbour city
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
news; tidings; information; correspondence; letter
point worthy of note; good point; part worth seeing; (signs of) promise; good prospects (for the future)
to study; to complete (a course); to order (one's life); to repair (a fault one has committed)
heir; heiress; inheritor; successor
succession to another's professional name