cigarette end; cigarette butt; tobacco ashes
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about
information transfer; information transmission
repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row
Urashima's casket (in the story of Urashima Tarō); Pandora's box; one's closely guarded treasure
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
indiscriminate killing; indiscriminate murder
to get someone to say; to make someone say
Europe and America; the West
white supremacy; white supremacism
remark; statement; discourse
jack-in-the-box; jack-in-a-box
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
to crush (with the weight of misfortune)
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
weak foreign policy; weak-kneed diplomacy
(United States of) America; USA; US
evaluation meeting; postmortem session; review meeting
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
light and easy; lambent; clever; witty; smart
hottish; salty; somewhat hot; strict; harsh
to strike a pose (in kabuki); to assume a posture; to make a proud gesture; to put on an air of confidence; to speak boastfully
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
calm; composed; cool; quiet
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
dark; gloomy; black; doleful; discouraged; disappointed
to be aware of; to know about; to be concerned in; to have to do with
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
to filch; to snatch; to steal (an idea, work, etc.); to plagiarize; to arrest; to nab