to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
confusion; dismay; consternation; panic
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
sneak photography; non-consensual photography; peeping photos
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
remaining silent; keeping secret
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
waste of time; killing time
listening device; bug; wiretap
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
dealing with; coping with
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
will not do; do not; does not
to fret (over); to brood (about); to mope; worriedly; (fretting) constantly; (worrying) over this and that
reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
to press a question; to cross-examine
defense; defence; pleading; advocacy
concealed microphone; bug
discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
nothing ventured, nothing gained; (lit.) you will not get the tiger cub without entering the tiger's den
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
eccentric; crank; oddball
older person with more life experience
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
visitor (to a factory, school, lab., etc.)
to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself