growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
to run swiftly; to dash; to rush; to race
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
police van; paddy wagon; prisoner transport vehicle
existence; possession; having; limited company
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
to strip someone; to help someone remove (clothes)
official post; regular post; principal post (as opposed to secondary post); I (of someone in government or the civil service)
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
imagination; supposition; guess
research establishment; research institute; laboratory
urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once
police officer; policeman; policewoman
general mobilization; general mobilisation
precipitous cliff; sheer precipice; critical situation
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
(fig.) rat in a trap; (fig.) trapped rat; (lit.) rat in a bag
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
fate; destiny; predestination
face; mug; surface; cheek meat; (arch.) cheek; (arch.) cheeks
how many people; a number of people
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
weird; disgusting; sickening
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
city police; municipal police
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up