investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
to panic; to freak out; to fly into a tizzy
hold; catch; connection; relationship; unease; discomfort
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
to listen attentively to; to be lost in
to impress; to move one's heart; to touch (a person's heart)
weird; disgusting; sickening
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
systematic; regular; routine
grotesque; disgusting; gross
heavy heartbeat; thumping; pounding
gentle; mild; meek; tender
sudden turn; sudden change; (suddenly occurring) accident; emergency
to set about in earnest; to put one's back into something
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)
what I want to say is ...; the fact of the matter is ...; none other than ...
re-examination; reinvestigation
dealing appropriately (with a situation); taking proper measures; handling (an issue) carefully; making the best of (a bad bargain)
deposit; earnest payment; earnest money
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
to be ordered (to do); to be charged with (a duty); to be assigned (a job)
order (from one's superior); command; what you say; (someone's) words
chief; main; principal; important
to insert; to put in; to send in (to a prisoner; e.g. clothes, books); to deliver (food, refreshments, etc. to workers); to supply
rokurokubi; long-neck woman; monstrous person (often a woman) with a neck that can expand and contract (in Japanese folklore)
skin; outer skin; integument; husk; hull; shell
to eat a mouthful; to take a bite
passionfruit (Passiflora edulis)
Frappuccino (Starbucks brand of iced coffee)
shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup); Italian ice; snow cone; sno-cone
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
crunchy; gritty (sand, pebbles, etc.)
smooth; meticulous; painstaking; detailed