pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe
Sherlockian (Sherlock Holmes fan or scholar); Holmesian
attending (school, college, etc.); being enrolled; being a student
school; proof (of a book, document, etc.); counter for proofs
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
brief personal record; short curriculum vitae; short CV
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
percussion hammer; firing hammer; cocking piece
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
to ride up to; to drive up to; to get used to riding; to get used to driving
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
pedestrian crossing; crosswalk
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
wintry; very cold-looking (e.g. landscape); bleak (e.g. room, street); desolate; empty (of furnishings)
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
omission; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
unexpectedly; surprisingly
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead
to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
quarrel; dispute; argument
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
record keeper; recorder; archivist