judging; inspection; examination; investigation; review
overly serious; serious to a fault; humorless
insertion; plug; (electrical) outlet; spasm of pain; griping pain
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
to set (sun); to become dark
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
voiced consonant in Japanese
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
teaching the basics; initiation; introduction
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
toilet articles; makeup kit
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
disorderly crowd; mob; rabble
cannot be compared with; no match for
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)
second (unit of time); arc second
result; effect; performance; workmanship; execution; shape and quality (of an article)
causing concern; (lit.) bad for the heart
to be reflected in a mirror
(how) many times; (how) often
going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
(vengeful) ghost; specter; spectre
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
to fall down (e.g. off a chair); to slip down (e.g. one's eyeglasses); to make a fool of oneself; to whoop it up; to be on the spree
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway