real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)
regular; standard; regular player (on a team); regular guest (on a TV show); regular (gasoline)
legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way
original story (as opposed to a sequel, spin-off, etc.); main story; this volume; the movie (as opposed to the trailers; at a movie theater); feature film (main item in a cinema program); movie based on a TV series
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
recording (in a book, the minutes, etc.); printing; including; recording (audio or video)
eccentricity; eccentric behaviour
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
but; however; even though; even if
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another
back lane; byway; back street; unfair means; dishonest means
to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...
from the beginning; without hesitation; entirely; completely; head-on; head-first
plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; because; since; for
early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm); dusk
suspicious behavior; acting suspiciously
back street; back alley; off-street
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
suddenly; all of a sudden; unexpectedly
to flare up; to burst into flames
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
to walk behind someone; to follow in someone's footsteps
agent; agent; secret agent; spy
branch; branch office; subdivision
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
extension; elongation; (total) length; extension (e.g. of one's work); continuation; extension (of a line segment); extension (property of occupying space)
(not possible) on such short notice
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing