unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
direct connection; direct link
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
squeaking (of an engine, skis on snow, etc.)
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
results; record; grades; marks
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
selection; choice; picking out
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
second-year student; biennial
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
that is to say; so that means
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)
unable to resist; unable to suppress
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
just now; a little while back; a short time ago
loitering; hanging around; wandering around
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to bump heads; to bump into each other; to collide head-on; to meet by chance; to encounter; to run into
pressing; urging; demanding; demand
without losing time (e.g. to do); without even time for (doing something)
one's physical safety; personal security
consideration; taking into account
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something