news (from someone); word; letter; tidings; contact
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
inspection; examination; check; checkpoint; screening; inspection (esp. by police or security)
nonexistent; unreal; imaginary; spurious
beside a nobleman; close aid (of a nobleman, etc.); place where a high ranking person resides; one's own city (of a shogun, lord, etc.); place under one's direct control; one's own turf
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
pack of wolves; wolf pack
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
crime syndicate; criminal syndicate
hurriedly; hurry-scurry; helter-skelter
short circuit; short; illogical jump; drawing a hasty inference (between two events); jumping to conclusions
being rampant; domination
linear; rectilinear; straight-line; straightforward; simple
valley; ravine; gorge; canyon
shoal; wide shallow beach
high tide; high water; full tide
point of reference; reference point
horizon (related to bodies of water)
artificial satellite; man-made satellite
pushing sumo; classic way of wrestling without using the belt
pushing and shoving; jostling; hustling
biological younger brother
boldly; bravely; resolutely; determinedly
to let one's actions do the talking; to lead by example; to walk the talk
in; on; at; during; in the condition of
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
continuous; unbroken; ceaseless
to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin
insignificant; inconsequential; trifling; negligible; of little importance
understanding person; supporter
southernmost tip (point, extremity, etc.)