tail (animal); tail end; tip
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
tips of one's hair; hair ends
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
multi-; multi-post; multilevel marketing system; pyramid selling; mulch; mulching
resolution of an incident; solution to a (criminal) case
mechanism; mechanical parts; jack-in-the-box
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
for lack of anything better to do
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
laughingstock; butt of ridicule
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
way of solving (a problem); solution
assistance; backing; reinforcements
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
magic mallet; lucky mallet; nursery-tale mallet that delivers one's heart's desire at a wave
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
to carry on one's back; to burden oneself (e.g. with debts, responsibilities, etc.)
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
Bon holidays; Bon holiday period (in mid-August)
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
to let loose (e.g. a fart); to utter (e.g. a lie); to do
settlement; solution; resolution
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
to square one's shoulders
payment in advance; advance payment; prepayment
array; muster; line-up; full force
all present; all concerned; all of us
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
as (for); for; in the capacity of
grasp; catch; understanding
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
precautions; warnings; matters to be attended to; things to note; suggestions; hints
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)