guilty conscience; feelings of remorse
cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)
trembling from fear; trembling all over
how could I (you, etc.) ...?; how dare you (they, etc.) ...; how can you have the nerve to ...?
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
galvanized sheet iron (galvanised)
store name; shop name; restaurant name
enamel; enamelled metalware (sinks, pots, etc.)
being startled, surprised or afraid; panic; trepidation
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
standing signboard; billboard; hoarding
back street; back alley; off-street
somewhere to go; place to go
being extremely fond of; having a weakness for; having no eye for; being a poor judge of; having no chance (of succeeding)
spoiled; half-rotten; decaying
iron pipe; steel pipe; metal pipe
falling (down); tumbling (down); failure; failing; renouncing Christianity and converting to Buddhism (during the Edo period); apostasy
postbox; mailbox; pillar box
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
to lure out of; to decoy out of; to drive to (tears, sleep, etc.); to evoke (sympathy, etc.); (arch.) to abduct; (arch.) to entice out of
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
children's story; fairy tale
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
completely unknown; unexpected; having no clue about
deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA
(one's) identity; background; upbringing; (one's) character
judgement; judgment; appraisal (e.g. of an antique); evaluation; forensics; (criminal) identification
physical evidence; material evidence
to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)
impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned
deadly serious; deadly earnest
destination; place one stays during a trip
to jump over; to clear; to walk over (someone)
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing