cover; covering; cover song; cover version; coverage; to compensate for (a loss)
furthermore; adding to the above-mentioned; not quite; not very good; lacking
conversion; shift; about-face; switch
pulp fiction; dime novel; akahon; university entrance exam workbook (published by Kyōgakusha); storybook (with red cover, Edo period); Red Guide (Michelin)
comfortably warm; steaming hot (food); piping hot; glowing (with warmth)
to wait expectantly; to await in anticipation
in deep black; in jet black
to crouch; to squat; to cower
at first; in the beginning; originally
group (of people); crowd; horde; throng; mob; multitude
currently nowhere to be seen; unknown where it went; disappeared into thin air
for one's true nature to come out
intelligence gathering; information gathering
black sheep (of a family); ostracism
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
template; run of the mill; formulaic
sharp ear; long ears; ability to remember everything one hears
to exceed the budget; to overrun the budget; to have a deficit; to have a secret revealed
discretion; consideration; allowance
to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke
to cause; to induce; to bring about a result or state; to produce
legitimate self-defence; legitimate self-defense
compensation; reparations; indemnity; damages
injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid
chaos; turmoil; pandemonium; havoc
to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from
correction; revision; compensation (e.g. to a pendulum)
to deceive with smooth talk; to wheedle; to give someone a snow job
neighborhood; neighbourhood; street; block; town
athletics; sports; adventure course; (outdoor) obstacle course
to come back; to return; to recur
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
to yield oneself (to something); to devote oneself (to something); to surrender oneself (to something)
air conditioning; air cooling
air con; air conditioner; air conditioning
to order; to command; to appoint
cold (drinking) water; (glass of) cold water; cold boiled rice