throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)
artery; arterial road; major route
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
station (esp. a police station); office (e.g. tax office)
bōryokudan; gangster organization (organisation); crime syndicate; yakuza
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
(dead) body; corpse; remains
discovery; detection; finding
note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work
by means of; due to; because of; according to
piece of evidence; evidence
embezzlement; misappropriation; usurpation
to leak out (of a secret); to come out; to be exposed (of a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to get away (of a fish)
cross mark; demerit mark; an X
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
to receive favor; to receive assistance; to receive help; to be looked after; to be taken care of; to become dependent (on)
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
straight; straightforward; direct; straight (wins, sets, etc.); straight (liquor); neat; entering university right after graduating high school
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
such; like that; that sort of
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
nothing but; except; no more than
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
Hakata (old but still commonly used name for Fukuoka)
business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
to become better; to improve