leak (of secrets, information, etc.); disclosure; divulging; leak (of gas, liquid, etc.); leakage; escape (of gas)
doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
a matter for the police; a brush with the law
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
settlement money; compensation to settle a case out of court
halving; splitting evenly; sharing equally
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
(one's) quota; assignment
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
freely; frankly; without reserve
principal occupation; core business
to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in
side job; sideline; subsidiary business
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
fullness; completion; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
molester; groper; masher; pervert
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
reading partway; leaving half-read
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
twice; again; second time
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
empirical; from experience