program review; budget screening; review and prioritization of government programs
mini patrol car; small police car
freeze-drying; lyophilization
wiles; sinister design; trick; conspiracy; intrigue
professional jester; professional entertainer; comedian; flatterer; sycophant; brown-noser
Kanto Festival (Akita); street light
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
excessive intake (e.g. coffee); overbooking
humectant; moisturizing agent
origin; fundamental element
unappealing; uninteresting; lacking charm
Ophiuchus (constellation); the Serpent Bearer
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octopus pot; foxhole (in a battlefield); bubble; echo chamber
jam-packed; packed; packed like sardines
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do; (lit.) cannot go
(sitting) knee-to-knee; face-to-face
front basket (e.g. on a bicycle)
guilty verdict; guilty as charged
Special Assault Team; SAT
(raised) footpath between rice fields; ridge between rice fields
model; miniature; sample; specimen; prescribed form
right on; dead on; fitting to a T; on the button; perfectly correct
swan (Cygnus spp.); white-feathered bird
rewriting (book); renewal; transfer of ownership
perception; understanding; acknowledgement (of a fire, incident, etc. by emergency services); learning (of); becoming aware (of)
eyesore; unpleasant sight; obstructing a view
bonus footage (e.g. behind-the-scenes interviews)
excellent speech; masterly speech