Federal Bureau of Investigation; FBI
broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens
AD; Anno Domini; assistant director (movie, etc.)
common front; united front
serving tea (esp. at a company); tea server; tea lady
costume; fancy dress; masquerade; converted (cruiser)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
giving and receiving; transferring; transfer; changing hands
to use as an intermediary; to worry; to mind; to care
fundamental idea; basic concept
(sleeping) peacefully; quietly; soundly
to remake; to remold; to remould; to convert; to reconstruct; to adapt
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
funny story; funny anecdote
reasonableness (esp. of children); obedience
by sheer strength; by brute force
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
murder; homicide; manslaughter
complete denial; complete disavowal; total negation
another world (esp. in fiction); otherworld; parallel universe; different-dimension world; isekai
transmigration; reincarnation; metempsychosis
currently popular; in fashion; trendy
turning a comic, novel, etc. into an animated movie or TV series; making an animated version
dragon (as depicted in Western myths)