pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
(how) many times; (how) often
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly
helplessly; easily; without resistance; without regret
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)
surprise attack; sneak attack; foul play
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
being isolated and helpless; fighting (struggling) alone and unassisted
bad move (in chess, shogi, etc.)
to govern; to manage; to subdue
sense of politics; feeling for politics
to grow in intensity; to be aggravated; to get worse; to develop
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
dull (e.g. of movement or reaction); sluggish
tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing
to speak; to hear a voice
murder; killing; murderer
to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry
eerie; hair-raising; exaggerated; ostentatious
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
accident; emergency; calamity
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
everything; for (to) everything; (in) anything
normalcy; normality; normal
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
to take the blame; to take responsibility; to assume liability; to bear the burden
attaching the polite suffix "-sama" to somebody's name (more polite than "-san")
outline; summary; gist; basic points
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
mental condition; state of mind; mentality
what sort of; what kind of; what way
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive
coming to an embassy, theatre, library, etc.
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
sales promotion; hard selling
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
to prevent; to take precautions