cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
(personal) background check
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
single-pronged vajra; tokko; dokko; cloth of a tokko pattern
leaving hospital; discharge from hospital
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
to be satisfied; to find peace of mind; to feel good
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
together; at the same time; same; identical
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
man; male; masculine gender
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
trouble; bother; annoyance
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst