time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
silver lace; silver braid
relief; aid; help; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
footpath; walkway; sidewalk
looks; countenance; facial features; physiognomy
police officer; policeman; constable
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
to lose sight of; to miss
minister of state; cabinet minister (Japan)
Superintendent General of the Metropolitan Police
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
to set (sun); to become dark
Porto (Portugal); Polt; Porte
Collectivity of Saint Martin
theatre; theater; playhouse
reflection; evening glow; sunset glow
to attract notice; to catch the eye; to stand out
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
plastic; pula (currency of Botswana)
stopping place for horse-drawn carriages and rickshaws (Edo period); high way resting place; wholesale rag dealer
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
hire (charge); rent; charge; fare; fee; freight
all present; all concerned; all of us
to have a talk; to tell a story
double-dealing; double tongue; going back on what one has said; repeating oneself
whistle (sound made with the lips)
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
... and eastward; east of
to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
giving up on winning a hand and discarding only safe tiles
a few minutes later; after a few minutes
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
spreading one's legs wide apart; straddle; long stride; big steps; thigh-scooping body drop