user guide; how to operate; operation procedures
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
front; frontage; facade; main
noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)
presenter; speaker; performer; actor; participant (in a TV show or TV panel)
telop; television opaque projector; device used to broadcast onscreen text (e.g. subtitles, captions); onscreen text and images (e.g. subtitles, captions, scrolling tickers, logos)
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
with a start; with a jump
lifeline; safety rope; safety tether
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
mask; disguise; guise; mask
to get cracked; to develop a crack; to be fissured
at the last moment; this late in the game
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
being unfamiliar with a locality; not knowing one's way around; (lit.) not knowing one's right hand from the left; being clueless
lack of sleep; insufficient sleep
below one's eyes; under one's eyes; length (of a fish) from eyes to tail fin
corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
insurrection; rebellion; revolt; riot; uprising
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to volunteer; to undertake a challenge
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; mercifully
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
to soak; to dip; to steep; to moisten; to wet
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
government office; agency; board
official name; formal name
Soviet Union; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR
to be descended from; to be drawn from (the tradition of); to be derived from; to follow the school (tradition) of