occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
clerk; office worker; office staff
application; request; petition
urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once
person who holds the purse strings; person who minds the cash; safe keeper; treasurer
secret accounts; unauthorized accounting; under-the-counter accounting
to rub on; to rub against; to wipe on; to lay the blame on
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
genuine article; real thing; real deal
account book; register; ledger
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
question; inquiry; enquiry
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to carry (something) under cover; to carry concealed
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
police; police officer; police station
filing a (criminal) complaint; reporting a crime
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
maiko; apprentice geisha; dancing girl
high-rise (building); multistory; multistoried; high (altitude); upper (atmosphere, air current, etc.)
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
suffix for room numbers; suffix for apartment numbers
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
fit; spasm; attack; seizure
to get slightly dirty (all over)
moneylending; moneylender
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life