face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
to keep secret; to conceal
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
of tender years; very young
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
to put a stop to; to put a hold on; to put the brakes on; to call a halt to; to block; to shelve
clear; precise; definite; distinct
treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection
(logical) true; regular; 10^40; ten thousand undecillion; original; positive
Superintendent General of the Metropolitan Police
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk
crash; smash; crunch; bang; breaking sound
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
long time; long interval; for quite some time
wall-mounted ornament; wall decoration; wall hanging; wall-mounted
twelve o'clock; midnight; noon
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
muddy water; red-light district
to scatter around; to leave untidy; to make a mess
dark night; moonless night
hard fighting; close contest
empirical; from experience
covering for the back of the hand and wrist
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
unexpected result; upset; surprise
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
physical strength; the strength of one's muscles