because of; owing to; due to
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus
to take into account; to bear in mind; to consider; to learn from; to take warning from
surveillance camera; security camera
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
pinch; crisis; tough spot; clothespin
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
inquiry; enquiry; investigation; (police) interview; questioning (e.g. witness, suspect); hearing
(of a lie, etc.) obvious; transparent
to talk; to chat; to chatter
harmless and inoffensive; bland; tepid
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
with a friendly grin; smilingly
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
hard lump under the skin (e.g. adipous tumor, lymph node tumor, etc.); grinding against; pressing or rubbing with turning movements (e.g. someone's shoulders with one's elbow); rolling one's eyes; goggling one's eyes; rattling sound
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
Japan; the (Japanese) empire
tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables
fried egg; sunny-side up fried egg
salt and pepper; seasoning with salt and pepper
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
victim; injured party; sufferer
information discovery; disclosure of information
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
muscular; lean (of a company's operations, etc.)
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)