plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
listening (to a lecture, hearing, parliament session, etc.); attending (without participating); sitting in (e.g. on a meeting); observing
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
accused; defendant; prisoner at the bar
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
Shinjuku Ward; Shinjuku City
nth district of a town; nth city block
love hotel; short-stay hotel used primarily for sexual activities
at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
to have a relationship; to have relations
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
by means of; due to; because of; according to
consolation money; solatium; reparation; damages; settlement
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
yen (currency of Japan); circle
unfair; unjust; wrongful; improper; unreasonable; unwarranted
to take by deception; to defraud someone of; to swindle someone out of; to cheat someone out of
is something that; is that which
to state; to express; to say; to tell; to mention
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
woman; female; feminine gender
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
unclear; indistinct; obscure; opaque; inarticulate; dim
question; inquiry; enquiry
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; goal; intent; object
clear; precise; definite; distinct
tsk; tut; shoot; chirp; tweet
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
to be heard; to be audible; to sound (like); to come across (as); to be well known; to be famous
badger game (scheme in which a man has his wife or lover seduce another man to blackmail him)
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
certain; sure; no doubt; reliable; dependable
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do