article; news story; report; account
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
newspaper story (article, account)
time flies like an arrow; time and tide wait for no man; life is short
time passes; the days and months go by; the months roll on
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
lightly (floating); buoyantly; puffing (on a pipe, cigarette, etc.); tooting (a trumpet, horn, etc.); blowing (a flute, whistle)
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
number of long thin objects (movies, TV programs, baseball games, etc.) (programmes)
to give up smoking; to stop smoking
fine weather; fair weather
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
to irritate one; to get on one's nerves
to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice
cold rice; hanger-on; dependent; disgraced former actor
ochazuke; cooked rice with green tea poured on it
manners; courtesy; etiquette
free and easy; open-hearted; relaxed; not fussy; frank
one's days and nights being reversed
in good condition; in fine shape; glib; slick; harmonious; melodious
wanted poster; wanted person bulletin; search instructions
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
sinking; foundering; getting dead drunk; having too much fun (esp. in a red-light district, etc.) and missing work or neglecting one's duties; staying in one place for a long time
devoting oneself to; concentrating on; being an ardent admirer of; (arch.) tipping over and collapsing
to have a tendency to; to be liable to; to have a touch of; to have a smack of
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
outline; summary; gist; basic points
to take over; to hand over
consultation office; information center; bureau; agency
dark-natured; gloomy; dour; moody; insular; glum