half-game consisting of an east and south round
custom; general rule; convention; usually; generally; as a rule
the staff; inside the department
circulation (money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (air, water, etc.); ventilation; negotiable (e.g. shares); distributional
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
alternating current; AC; analogue computer (analog); average cost; adult child
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
absolutely essential; indispensable; vital; critical
type; pattern; model; epitome; exemplar; archetype
to breathe out; to exhale
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
sharp ear; long ears; ability to remember everything one hears
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
matter for the court; (ending up as a) lawsuit; legal tussle; court fight
offender; criminal; culprit
although I say; although one might say; although called
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
bloodthirsty killer; cold-blooded murderer; homicidal maniac
victim; injured party; sufferer
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
mystery novel; detective novel; whodunit
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
disgrace; humiliation; insult
to be smeared; to be covered