deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become hoarse; to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.); to be corrupted
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
exactly!; surely!; that's it!; ding dong (sound of door bell, chime, etc.)
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
existence; possession; having; limited company
civilian clothes; plain clothes; mufti; plainclothes police officer
elementary and middle school pupils
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
man; male; masculine gender
angrily; in a huff; high on marijuana; tender (to chew)
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
the aforementioned; the said; (man, incident, etc.) in question; the usual
prevention of crime; security (device, camera, etc.)
buzzer; personal alarm (loud buzzer to attract attention in case of attack)
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
frightening; scary; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) exaggerated; (arch.) huge
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
prostrating oneself; kowtowing; going down on one's knees
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
report; notification; tip; message (in information and communication theory)
possible; likely; probable
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to resign (post); to quit; to decline; to turn down
suffix used to negate a verb in the past tense