dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
stiff neck; stiff shoulders
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
cod roe (roe of any fish from family Gadidae, esp. salted walleye pollack roe)
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
Yamagata (city, prefecture); mountain shape; chevron; cone
investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work
discovery; detection; finding
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
affidavit; deposition; testimony
insurance payout; insurance money
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
large (amount of money); huge; hefty; expensive
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
to disappear; to vanish; to abscond; to decamp
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
non-alcoholic beer; alcohol-free beer
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out