sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
something; some kind of; for some reason
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
Parent-Teacher Association; PTA
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
to say; to tell; to state; to do
putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
ogre; demon; oni; spirit of a deceased person
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt
police officer; policeman; constable
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
policeman; cop; walking in a circle (dog trick); (arch.) rounds (doctor, police beat, etc.); (arch.) vegetables that accompany rice (secret language of court ladies)
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
kidnapper; kidnaper; abductor
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
flagrante delicto; caught red-handed
to lash out at; to flare up at; to fly at; to turn on
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
to disappear; to vanish; to abscond; to decamp
honeymouthed; glib; fair-spoken
lively; energetic; vigorously (jumping, flopping, etc.); piercing (e.g. sound); penetrating
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
long ago; already; a long time ago
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else