civilian clothes; plain clothes; mufti; plainclothes police officer
witnessing; observing; sighting
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
coat; tunic; jacket; outer garment
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
service station; gas station; shortstop; sporty sedan; steamship; SS; Secret Service
newsroom researcher; magazine researcher
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
point card; loyalty card; reward card
(one's) exclusive use; private use; dedicated use; use for a particular purpose; exclusive use (of particular products); using only (e.g. a certain brand)
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
you guys; buddies; pals; you lot
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
thought; consideration; thinking
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
the opposite sex; isomerism
prevailing view; common opinion; commonly accepted theory
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
it is I who should say so
feeling ashamed; feeling of one's inferiority
stochastic; probabilistic
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
(arch.) like that; (arch.) as such; yeah; uh-huh
face; looks; vestiges; trace
perfect; complete; flawless
large pink (Dianthus superbus var. longicalycinus); woman who displays the feminine virtues of old Japan
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)