very great; enormous; serious
clear as day; perfectly obvious; plain as daylight
to threaten; to menace; to intimidate; to startle; to frighten; to scare
redial; redialing; redialling
electricity; (electric) light
mouthpiece of a telephone
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
along the road (e.g. following its curves without turning off at any intersection); along the street
to beat fast (of a heart); to hammer
police drama (television); detective drama
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to leave tracks; to leave footprints
something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah
dark night; moonless night
police box; koban; alternation; alternating (current, stress, etc.)
downhill; downward slope; descent; decline; waning; ebb
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
to engage (with); to be in gear (with); to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength
to be hot on a person's heels
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
right under; directly below
to pull over one's eyes (e.g. hat); to wear pulled down over one's eyes
passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
to wake up; to rouse out of bed; to knock on the door and wake someone
self-centeredness; self-centredness; selfishness; egotism; egoism
standard; basis; principle
overly optimistic; easygoing; irresponsible; naive; simple-minded
text; provisions (act, treaty)
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
to coax; to cajole; to wheedle; to roll up and put into (something); to bundle up
110 (police emergency telephone number in Japan)
to beat someone to the punch; to get the drop on (someone); to forestall
joint together; opposite; facing
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; pleasantly; (wearing, etc. something) elegantly; smartly; stylishly
to be emotionally moved; to have a lump in one's throat
indomitably; undauntedly; resolutely; determinedly
to not give in; to be obstinate; to be stubborn; to be perverse
(wearing) low over one's eyes