middle of the night; dead of night
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
before; previously; ahead; Pardon me for leaving (before you)
kidnapper; kidnaper; abductor
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
belief; faith; conviction
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusingly similar; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
central government office; head office; this office
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
way (of doing); manner; method; means
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
two persons; two people; pair; couple
picking; collecting; harvesting
just now; a little while back; a short time ago
discrepancy; discord; disagreement; mismatch; dissonance
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
false evidence; perjury; false testimony
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to have a catch; to have an ulterior motive; to be more (to something)
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
administrator; director; commissioner
eyewitness report; eyewitness information