leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
crucial; key; most important; main (point)
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
imperial court; shogunate government; authorities; public affairs; official; government
secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
law; regulation; rule; code; agreement; arrangement
perverseness; perversity; perverse person; difficult person; contrary person
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
clear; clear-cut; lucid; unequivocal; explicit
to speak sharply (e.g. during a heated discussion or argument)
getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
common sense; common knowledge; common understanding
easy; simple; simple (way of thinking, etc.); simple-minded; soft; lax
to be a bad influence (on something); to corrupt; to poison
light music; popular music
concert band (as a school activity); wind ensemble
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
having good knowledge of a certain matter; person who has good knowledge of a certain matter; informed source
to impose a gag order; to hush up; to order someone not to mention something
to exert oneself; to make efforts
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
(fish) biting at every cast
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
madness; craziness; insanity
to go mad; to go crazy; to go insane
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
official announcement; proclamation
to fight against; to oppose; to face
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
round of ghost stories (trad. at night with a lamp or candle being extinguished after each story)
to admire greatly; to salute (in admiration); to take one's hat off to