grated daikon; daikon grater
to laugh away; to laugh off
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
idle gossip; foolish talk; yarn
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
tail and fins; embellishment (of a story, rumor, etc.); exaggeration
inside a police station, fire station, tax office, etc.
funny story; funny anecdote
surrender (to the authorities); giving oneself up; turning oneself in
mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
piling up; accumulating; forming a (huge) pile; lying in piles
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
to arrange; to make an appointment; to agree upon
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
now that; since; so long as; because
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
no matter how much time passes
all night long; all through the night
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
engraver; carver; sculptor
repeated at intervals; every other (day, week, month, ...)
coming and going; commuting
victim; injured party; sufferer
sea of blood; pool of blood
presumption; assumption; estimation
dangerous weapon; lethal weapon; deadly weapon; murder weapon
police headquarters; main office; this office
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over