friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
emotional strength; force of will
principal occupation; core business
(being moved) deeply; (feeling) profoundly; (going) straight to one's heart; going numb; stinging (pain)
cough cough; with a (wet) cough; violently (coughing)
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
difficult problem; challenge
to be blurred (due to motion; of a photo, video, etc.); to be shaken (of a camera); to waver (in one's beliefs, policy, etc.); to shift (position); to be slightly off
seat (esp. in public places or places with assigned seating); seating
to exchange; to replace; to shift personnel; to replace one person with another
wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse
drive; trip by car; to (go for a) drive; to go on a trip by car; to drive (e.g. a car); to drive (innovation, change, etc.)
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
electronic toll collection system; ETC
gate (for entry, boarding, etc.); gate; logic element
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
Shuto Expressway (network of toll expressways in the Kanto region)
mystery novel; detective novel; whodunit
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; known as; so to speak
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
trick; plot device; mystery-fiction trope
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
to be able to manage somehow or other
locked-room murder (e.g. in murder mystery fiction)
irregular; bad bounce (in tennis); bad hop (in baseball)
closed circle (of suspects, in mystery fiction)
society; the world; the times
rate; ratio; one tenth; ten percent; (comparative) profit; gain; assignment
discontinuation (of business); closing down; giving up (one's practice); retiring
high-rise building; tower block; skyscraper
distance between two cars
expression; look; countenance; face