nodding off (while sitting); dozing
new type; new style; new model; new strain (e.g. infectious disease)
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
to rebury; to refill; to backfill
unit; (musical) group; band
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
semiconductor; solid-state
person of low rank or position
racking one's brains; worrying oneself; being anxious
agreement; rules; code; protocol; convention; bylaw
silly person; dumb-bunny; dope
dead of night; middle of the night; midnight; third quarter of the hour of the ox (2-2:30am, or 3-3:30am)
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
another kind; distinct species; variety
enlightenment; instruction
to be charged with a mission
job-related; in the course of one's work
area of holiday homes; area of villas
principal offence; principal offense; principal offender
planning; planning ability; deliberateness
attentively; with great attention to detail (e.g. when teaching); patiently
science fiction; sci-fi; SF
from the area (e.g. person or goods); local trader; local merchant; street tough; hoodlum controlling a territory (e.g. red light district, amusement area)
enka; traditional-style Japanese popular ballad
to hum (a tune); to sing to oneself; to croon
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
eighteenth day of the month; eighteen days
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument
to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind