scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)
note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work
document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
registration; accession; register; entry; record
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
female office worker; office lady; overlap; orienteering
to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
excessive self-consciousness; excessively self-conscious person
police officer; policeman; policewoman
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
fanatic; fanatic believer; zealot
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
how can (one) do something
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now
dull (e.g. of movement or reaction); sluggish
one dance; one game (e.g. of shogi)
wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting)
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation
observance (of laws, rules, etc.); adherence; obeying; following; abiding by; compliance
just now; at this moment; at this point of time
moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable
to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)
coarse salt; unrefined salt
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all