about; concerning; related to; -ish
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
angry voice; one's voice when shouting with anger
(doing something) in tears
tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one); tattooing
that field; the authorities (esp. the police)
nasal mucus; dripping nose; snot
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
to worry (about); to fret (over); to be anxious
to comb out; to brush; to untangle; to unravel
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
to approve (of); to be in favor of; to be in favour of
cramp; sprain; unreasonableness; absurdity; illogical; unreasonable
tone of command; authoritative tone; commanding tone
open; public; official; overt
sitting cross-legged (i.e. Indian style)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to come and go; to go back and forth
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
premises search; household search
underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly
gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else
phone scam involving calls from pretended relatives in distress
making a killing; making easy money; robbery
detestable; despicable; abhorrent
Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa); yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata); Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus); printing block
settlement out of court; private settlement
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
plainly; clearly; vividly
to cross one's mind; to occur to one
to bake; to plate; to print; to burn into one's memory; to sear into one's consciousness
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them