most ominous; most sinister; most atrocious; most evil
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
belief; faith; conviction
all but dead; half killed
forgery; falsification; fabrication; counterfeiting
in an instant; instantly; in a moment; instantaneously; in the twinkling of an eye
24 hours; twenty-four hours
to dig your own grave; to bring calamity upon oneself; to put your foot in it
(wireless) transceiver; radio; walkie-talkie
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
phone trace; detecting the source of a telephone call
overly polite; excessively polite; polite to a fault
methodical; precise; meticulous; wooden post that has been carved to have a rounded corner with grooves running along either side of it
counselling service (counseling); life matters advice service
instead; but (on the other hand)
revealing (information, a secret, etc.); disclosure; telling; letting out
certainly; surely; definitely
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
paper store; paper merchant; paper seller; papermaking; papermaker
outrageous lie; outright lie
to put to trial; to argue in court
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
telecommunications; correspondence
to drive to death (e.g. by suicide); to cause to die
to state one's opinion; to offer one's opinion; to opine
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender
to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
business efforts; corporate efforts
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
to stab; to thrust (into); to plant (in the ground); to stick upright
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible