dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)
slope; slanting surface; bevel
preface; introduction; preamble
to drive a wedge into (e.g. enemy defences); to wedge apart
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
mourning; (arch.) calamity; (arch.) misfortune
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
to delay; to put off; to procrastinate
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
way (of doing); manner; method; means
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
blunder; bungle; clumsiness
loose (e.g. belt); slovenly; careless; slack
rural district; farming area
contraband; taboo; strictly forbidden
adulterous partner (in a relationship); adulterous lover
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
moving to a different location to start a new job; (proceeding to) new appointment
to quieten down; to fall silent; to cease activities; to become inactive; to lie low
difference; disparity; gap
wife and children; (arch.) wife
married woman's secret lover; paramour; adultery (by a married woman)
arbitration; intercession; mediation
youthful indiscretion; youthful enthusiasm; youthful excess
just because; even if; even though
to be tired of waiting; to wait impatiently
notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble