the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
true state; actual condition; reality
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
to judge; to decide; to sit in judgement; to try
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
dragon (as depicted in Western myths)
impossible; unlikely; improbable
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
don't you think?; indicates question
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
resolution of an incident; solution to a (criminal) case
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
gag order; gag rule; gag law
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
already; now; no longer; not any more
underground; unconventional; radical; shady
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself
whole story; full picture; full particulars
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
place of enshrinement; morgue; mortuary
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking