reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
to risk one's life (to do); to put one's life on the line; to step forward (to do); to give one's all
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
now that; since; so long as; because
24 hours; twenty-four hours
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
offender; criminal; culprit
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
opposite; reverse; contrary
as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
possible; likely; probable
to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)
to say; to be called; to do
buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking
to think, feel, consider, know, etc.
bare minimum; minimum necessary (amount, number, etc.)
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in
bed and food; eating and sleeping
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
for the present; for the time being
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
matter of life or death; life-and-death problem
(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
likes and dislikes; pickiness (about food); choosiness; fussiness; tastes; preferences
insipid; flat; dull; lifeless; listless