to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
necessary condition; requirement
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
release (e.g. information); disclosure (legal); show; indication; display
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
consent; assent; understanding; agreement; comprehension; grasp
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
not funny; not a laughing matter; not a joke
conduct of business; management; acting as agent (of a land owner, house owner, etc.); being in charge (of a house, etc.)
order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations
at any rate; in any event; either way; anyway
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
older sister; elder sister
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor
in some cases; sometimes; on occasions
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
individual; private person; personal; private
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
to roll about with laughter; to be convulsed with laughter; to laugh one's head off
to say; to be pleased to say
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
guess; conjecture; surmise
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre