beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
angrily; in a huff; high on marijuana; tender (to chew)
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
turning around; spinning around; curling up; round and charming (e.g. eyes)
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
pasturing; letting (an animal) run loose; letting (someone) do as they please; leaving (something) to take its own course; letting (an issue) go unchecked
stakeout; ambush; lookout; watch; paste-up; collage
understood; I see; OK; present; here
menarche; first menstruation
chief; head (of an office, of a laboratory)
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
rubbing one's hands together
speech; expression; wording; language
adultery; immorality; impropriety; (an) affair
special duty; being in sole charge of a duty; senior managing director; executive director
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
daytime; during the day; Japan and China
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
in detail; with great care; completely; fully
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base
throwaway; disposable; single-use
bloomers; (girls') gym shorts
side gate; side door; service entrance
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
to fling; to throw off (clothes); to kick off (boots)
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
one by one; thoroughly; exhaustively; with a fine-tooth comb
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
to order; to send away for; to have (something) sent to one; to pull (something) closer